The museum report : a descriptive list of the donations for the years 1895-1902.

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Date:
1903
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Credit: The museum report : a descriptive list of the donations for the years 1895-1902. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Acanthus ebracteatus, Wdd. [Acantliacca-.) a. Fl., Singapore. H. N. Ridley. A. ilicifolius, hum. a. Fl. and detached ft., Singapore. H. N. Ridley. Note.—The seeds are ground and boiled and the decoction taken for boils. Acer saccharinum, Wanf/enli. {Sapindacca.) Sugar Maple. a. L. fl., New Jersey. Dr. H. H. Rusby. Acokanthera Schimperi, li<«il,-. and lUnuh. {Apoajnacea:.) a. L. fl. ft., Erythra?a. Dr. G. Schweinfurth. isote.—This plant yields the Wabei or Ouabaio arrow poison ; also that used by the Wa-Nyika, Wa-Kamba, the Wa Gyriama and other tribes. Specimen of the leaves and stem are in the D. Hanbury Collection of ]\Iateria Medica. See Pharm. Joiirn. [1], XII., p. 269 ; I'd], XXIII., p. 965. For the active principle, ouabain, see Pharm. Joiini. [3], XIX., p. 162, and [4 J, I., p. 76. For figure of the plant, see Koelder, Med. Pfianz., III., 64 ; and for the physiological action, Fraser, in Archiit, Litcrnat. dc Phaniianidipuiiiiic, V., fasc. 5 and 6. The name ouabain has also been applied by Arnaud to the poisonous principle obtained from StmpJunitlius {/ratiiK, which he believes to be identical with that of AcohrnitJicra Sclihujiei-i. Aconitum Balfourii,-Sfr^y*/' {UanHnnihuca.) Pakto Bikh.' a. Fl. st. and rt. .Ynf,'.-~This is the Anmitiim fcnu; Nepal, No. 22, Pakto Bikh, received from Dr. G. Watt. The root has a circle of small isolated vascular bundles, and is only ^ inch in diameter. h. Rt. Note.—This is the A. fcro.r, Wall., var. atrax, P. Bruhl, of Dr. G. Watt. Garwhal, No. 10471. The root structure is not clearly discernible, but it appears to resemble that of A. l]alfourii. Aconitum chasmanthum, Stapf. Mohri. a. Fl. St., ft. and detached roots. ^ Nntc.—This was received from Dr. G. Watt as A. ferox, Wall., var. Zrtr/»m?;/»/, Punjab, No. 10239, 2 ; second consignment. It appears to be also the plant described in the Ai/riraltural Pi'dner, 1902, No. 8, p. 101, under the name of A. Mann, Reichb. See also under Aconitum ferox, p. 37. The root is small and rough, with projecting broken rootlets.
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