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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    Canavalia obtusifolia, /'.' . {I-((harc/r.) u. L. 11. ft., Svdnev. J. H. Maiden. Xtifr.—The leaves arc used exteriiallv as a disc-utieiit. V Canna coccinea, Mill. {Scitdininan'a.) a. Fl. ft., St. Kitts. W. Mai-tindale. Xotr.—The rhizomes yield Tons les luois. Capparis frondosa ■fii((i. {('apjiiiriitac-tr.) (I. li. fl., I'aiuiiua. Sutton Hayes, H, 1S()2. Sir T. Ilanbury. Carthamus helenioides, l><'si\ {A st('I'dc('(i.) a. L.H., Alyiers. Coll., M. Battandier; from .1. S. Ward. Xotc.—The leaves have been found in commerce mixed with those of stramonium. See I'/urnn. Joinii. [4), XII., p. ;-52G-b84. Carya alba, Xntt. {.Jiiiihtmhtrcir.) Scaly bark hickory. (/. L. li., N. Carolina. ]5iltmore Herb. See Trcii>i. Hot., 1S74, p. 2;-5S. Carya amara, .V;(^/. {.fiiiilaiiilavca.) ])itter nut hickory, a. Lf., N. Carohna. ])iltmore Herb. Casimiroa edulis, La Llarc (lliitaim.) Sapote bianco. a. Fl. ft. Oaxaca, Mexico. From U.S. Nat. Herbarium. Xiitc.—The bitter bark and seeds are used medicinally. The fruit is said to be unwholesome, and to induce sleep. Trcas. JIut., 1874, p. 281. See also AV. Bichcrn, in Archir. der I'harm., 241 Bd. 2 Heft, 1908. Cassia Beareana. Holincs. [l-'uharcd.) a. L. H. ft., ^lonibasa. Dr. O'Sullivan Beare. Xotc.—The root is used as a remedy for l)lackwater fever. See PhaniK .Immi. , XIII., p. 61(5; [4], XIV., p. 42; iMHiTt, lebruary, 1902, p. 268-285. Cassia chamaecrista, Linn. a. L. ri. ft., N. Carolina. Biltmore Herb. Cassia Goratensis, / jv.s. (/. L. li. ft., j5.C. Africa. Dr. I). Kerr Cross. Xotc.—Used in medicines l)y the natives. It has a small nodulose legume about 8 inches long, and elliptic obtuse mucronate leaflets about 1 inch long. Cassia hirsuta, Linn. a. Tj. H., Singapore. H. N. Ridley.