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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    Omphalea megacarpa, llnnsl. {J^iiji/mrhidror.) a. Seeds, Trinidad. J. H. Hart. Xotc-—The oil is recommended as a tasteless substitute for castor oil. rintnii. .h)iiyn. [4], VIII., p. 503. Opuntia decumana, Ihu r. (( artaccr.) (I. Stem fl., Algiers. INlessrs. Potter and Clarke. Xdtr.—Sent as the plant from which the |liowers of Carttm //ranihynnis of commerce were obtained in 1897. See I'lntnii. Jiiuni. [4], v., p. 105. Paepalanthus elegans, I Ink/. [I'lrioratilonacctr.) II. Intl., Brazil. W. H. Hammond. Note.—Has a remarkable resemblance to Ilflir/iri/sioii. It is distin- guished from its allies by the white scaly involucre, nearly a centimetre broad, and by the spreading hairs of the peduncles and the large size of its capitulum. See KiKjler, J>(is I'jhnnenri'ic/i, IV., 30, p. 275. Used for decorative purposes. Panax quinquefolium, f.iun. (Araliacnr.) American Ginseng. L. ri., Vermont. H. H. Kusby. Xotf.—Now referred to Aralia i/iiinf/iicfulid, Decne and Planch., in the llldf.r Kciri'iisis. Pangium edule, Ilrimr. {Ilixaccir.) a. L. fl., Selangor. H. N. Kidley. Xotc.—The seeds contain hydrocyanic acid and a fatty oil. The bark is used as a fish poison, and the juice of the leaves externally in skin disease. See Jahrb. f. I'liarni., 1891, p. 134. Panicum ovalifolium, I'oir. {(h-anunaccd.) a. L. fl., Lagos. P. H. Marsden. Passiflora foetida, Liiui. {Pas.sifinrcura:) a. L. H., Singapore. H. ]\I. IMorgan. Payena Malaccensis, ('. J>. Clarke. {Sapntaccr.) a. L. tl., Singapore. H. N. Ridley. Petalostigma quadriloculare, h\ r. Mudl. {I^iiphorbiacca.) a. L. tl. ft., Queensland. J. H. Maiden. Peucedanum fraxinilolium, Hi cm. {Apiairir.) a. L. Jl., B. C. Africa. Dr. D. Kerr Cross. INTofe. —Used as a charm during parturition.