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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    ring of vascular bundles. The leaves have much broader segments than those of /]. laciniotuui, in which species they are as narroAvas those of/i. Xapelliis. In A. spicatiim, also, the follicles are unusually short and very hairy, c. Detached roots, inflorescence, and fruit raceme. Xiitc.—These were received from Dr. G. Watt under the name of A. fcro.r, Wall., var. ])r(>/iriinii. Sikkim, No. 1172B. In a letter received from Dr. G. Watt, dated ]\Iarch 14, 1901, he remarks : The roots that find their way to Europe under the nameof l>ikh and Bish are, no doubt, those of our var. sjiicatifiji andxav.I(t(i)ii((tinii, separately, or mixed together. The former of them is often stated to be broader than the latter, but otherwise they are exceedingly difificult to dis- tinguish, except in microscopic section, when it will be found that var. laciniatmu does not possess the inner ring of bundles that encloses the central core in var. .■spicatiDn. This opinion is confirmed by my own ex'perience, as the Nepaul aconite of commerce agrees with these roots in structure, whilst I have never met with any having the remarkable structure of var. atn}.r (A. deinorrliizim, Stapf), in the commercial article. Aconitum uncinatum, L. a. Fl. stem. Note.—Biltmore, N. Carolina. Biltmore Herb. Ad enium Soma,Iense. Ihilj. /. (AjKici/nareti a. Fl. 1., Somaliland. Mrs. Lort Phillips. Notr.—The large tuberous root is said to be used as an arrow poison. See Thniji/i and Javus, 'I he I'lthnairn Horn of Africa, p. 81-5, note; P/iann. Jonrn. [3], XXIV., p. 42. Adenosma cseruleum, 7/. Jir. a. Fl. 1., Perak. H. N. Ridley. Xotc.—A decoction of the root is used for bowel complaints, and as an outward application in rheumatism. Adenosma capitatum, llcntli. {Smip/nilariaccfr.) (I. Fl. rt., Singapore. H. N. Ridley. Xotf.—The root is used for rheumatism. Adiantum pedatum, l.inn. Canadian Maidenhair. (Filin's.) a. Frond. Cultivated, Sevenoaks. E. M. Holmes. Agrostistachys longifolia, Kin;/, var. latifolia, Jlonk. f. {J'^iiji/torhiacc/r.) a. L. stem, Perak. H. N. Ridley. Xotr.—lt exudes a gum, which was formerly used in making varnish.