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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    Spiraea tomentosa, Liim. (Jin saccii Hardback. (/. L. li., Maine, U.S.A. Dr. H. H. Eusby. Xiitc.—Tbe leaves are used as an astrnigent in tbe United States See Xat. PisiK, p. 498. Stillingia sylvatica, Limi. {Euiihorhiacm.) Queen's Root. a. L. tl., Florida, l^r. H. H. Kusby. Striga Forbesii, llcnth. [S( niji/mlarUuru.) a. L. H., Vk C. Africa. Dr. D. Kerr Cross. Xotf.—Tbe pUmt is used in medicine by the natives. Strophanthus Amboensis, J\it<iL ami Pa.r. {Aixin/naccd.) a. Seeds, Angola. Herb. Berlin. Xiitr.—Tbe seeds are pale broAvn and bairy. Strophanthus Arnoldianus, J'r Wildnn. ami Ihn-ami. a. Seeds, Congo. Rev. M. Bentley. Xiitr.—Received tbrougb Messrs. Burroughs Wellcome and Co. Tbe seeds resemble those of X. IthpUhis, are five lines long, dark brown in colour, and give a green reaction with sul- phuric acid, but tbe bare part of the awn is only slightly longer than the seed. A second specimen imported for Old Calabar, and offered to Liverpool as Kakoni seed, was presented by Mr. T. Wardleworth. Professor Hartwicb has examined the seeds of this species and finds Stropbantbin in them. Strophanthus Courmontii, V/rL a. L. H., Nyassaland. F. L. Moir. S. Courmontii, Sad., var. fallax, Jlolmrs. a. L. fl. ft., B. C. Africa. J. M. Clounie. Xiitc.—Presented by I\Iessrs. Burroughs and Wellcome. These plants were grown from seed introduced by the late Sir J. Buchanan, and grown at Zomba at an altitude of 2,000 ft. Tbe Howers are open in April, May and June, and tbe fruits ripen about September. Strophanthus Courmontii, S((cl., var. Kirkii, Ihdimx. a. St. L. H. ft., Mikorongo. F. L. ^loir. Xiitc.—This plunt has smaller leaves and smaller flowers with undulating petals, short pods, and a remarkably corky stem. See Pharw. Jo,mi. [4], XII., p. 488. Strophanthus dichotomus, . a. L. Cultivated, Cambridge. R. I. Lynch. D