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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    Lachnanthes tinctoria, /•'//. {Ihninxlnram/.) a. L. ti. rt., N. Carolina. Biltmore Herb. Xntc.—Introduced as a remedy for phthisis. See I'harni. Jo,mi. [4], XIV., p. 103. J. Britten suggests that Salisbury's name for the plant, (ji/rothcca cajntata, should be adopted, J,nir)i. ]U>t., 1902, p. Lagetta lintearia, Jauh. {'llniiiwlnai-rd.) a. L. fl. Cultivated, Singapore. H. N. Eidley. xYh^'.—Yields the lace bark of the West Indies. Landolphia Owariensis, llcanr. [Ai>i>(inuicf<i.) a. L., Karonga, B.C. Africa. F. L. M. Moir. ^Y,,^,-.—Yields India-rubber. The leaves may be distinguished from those of />. jU»ri<la by having a dark midrib. Lantana asperifolia, llidi. {Vcrhcuarcif.) a. L. 11., B. C. Africa. Dr. D. Kerr Cross. Lantaiia Indica, llo.rh. a. L. fl., Singapore. H. N. Eidley. Lantana mista, J^. a. L. ti. ft. Cultivated, Singapore. H. M. Morgan. Leea Janglii, Itidlci/, Ms. [Amprlidan'tr.) a. L. fl., Singapore. H. N. Ridley. Note.—The leaves are pounded and used by the Sakai as an application for rheumatism. Leontopodium alpinum, ('ass, var. Himalayanum. [jlstcrdfca.) a. L. fl., Himalaya. 0. Cordor. yoti'.—This is an Asiatic variety of the Guide's flower. Lepidagathis hyalina, yrrs. [Accuithann.) a. L. ii., Penang. H. N. Ridley. Note.—The leaves are chewed for coughs. Lepidagathis longifolia, WinJit. a. L. rt. H. N. Ridley. Note.—Used as an abortifacient. Lepidagathis Wightiana, HiiUi-i/, MS. a. L. ri., Selangor. H. N. Ridley. Note.—Used for gonorrhoea.