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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    Marsdenia suaveolens, //. (.'hrlcjiiaddccfi.) a. L. fl., N. S. Wales. J. 11. Maiden. Medicago arborea, f.imi. {Fabare<r.) a. L. 11. Cultivated, Ventimiglia. Sir T. Hanbnry. Melaleuca ericifolia, (Mi/rtanur.) a. L. tl., N. S. Wales. J. H. Maiden. Melochia arborea, Jllonco. {stcfcidianui.) (I. L. H., Selangor. H. N. Ridley. Menispermum Canadense, L'nui. {Mcnisju-niiacca.) Yellow Pan 11a. a. L. fl., New Jersey. Dr. H. H. Rusby. Mentha spicata, TAnn. [Lainiarca) a. L. fl., New Jersey. Dr. H. H. Rusby. }\<>ti'.—Resembles Mentha riridis in appearance and flavour, but has stalked leaves and narrower spikes. Microstemon officinale, Kin;i. (Anacanliarra.) a. L. fl. ft., Perak. L. Wray. Note.—This plant was named and described as a new species by Sir G. King in the Flora of Malai/a, after it was mentioned in the Pharmaceutical Society's Miisemii Lejiort in 1895, p. 68, as the source of Plang oil, a remedy used for scaly skin diseases by the Malays. Milletia quinqueflora, Hi'llei/, M. s. (Faharen .) a. L. fl., Panama. Sir T. Hanbuvy. Mimosa asperata, Linn. (Fabacea.) a. L. fl., B. C. Africa. Dr. D. Kerr Cross. Mitracarpum scabrum, Xi(rr. {Jluhiarea.) Dravoile. a. L. fl., Lagos. M. and H. Marsden. Mitragyne speciosa, Korth. {Fuhiaeea.) Biah. a. L., Perak. L. Wray, Jun. A^oi^'. — Said to possess narcotic properties like opium; I'liann .lonrn. [3], XXV., p. 1,098. Mod ecca Singaporensis, Maxt. (1 'assi/loraeed.) a. L. ft., Singapore. H. N. Ridley. Note.—Said to be poisonous.