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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    Piptadsnia Africana, ll'<nh-. f. (l-'alxina.) n. L. tl., j;. C. Africa. Dr. 1). Kerr Cross. y.i)ti-.—The leaves are around and the juice squeezed through a cloth, and dropped into the eye for eve disease. Piptocalyx Moorei, {Vn)t\u\xacea\) a. L. 11., N. S. Wales. .J. H. Maiden. SvW.—Introduced as a substitute for hops. Sec I'hann. .loiini, [8], XXIV., p. 977. Pithecolobium lobatum, JU'nth. {]-\(ha(>(f.) (I. L. H., Singapore. H. N. Ridley. Xdtc.—The fruit is eaten and gives a peculiar odour to the urine* and is said to pi'odnce stricture if eaten to excess. Podaxon pistillaris, -/ /. (7 //»///.) (I. Plant. Pogostemon comosus, Mi'/. Dilem. (I. L. H., Java. ]\Ir. -J. C. Sawer. Note.—The Dilem plant is figured and described in the I'hann- Jnnrn. [4], II., p. 228. Polygala alba, yutt. {Vidimalarni.) a. L. fl., rt., Texas. Dr. H. H. Eusby. Polygala venenosa, -Jn^s. (I. . L. ti. ft., Selangor. H. H. Eidley. Polygonum pedunculare, ^\'aJl. {Vnhjii<nian'(,.) a. L. fl. ft., Selangor. H. N. Ridley. Premna cordifolia, Hn.i-h. {Vcrhniaciur.) a. L. 11., Singapore. H. N. Ridley. Xutc.—Used in curry and in medicine. Prismatomeris albidiflora, 'J'/m-. {llnhiaror.) a. L. fl., Sumatra. H. N. Ridley. NoU'.—The plant is used as a dart poison in the Malay Peninsula. Prunus Caroliniana, Ait. {liumcrm.) a. L. fl., N. Carolina. Biltmore Herb.