Catalogue of the collections / compiled by E.M. Holmes.

Date:
1878
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    It: _i MATERIA MEfc, MUSEUM. The Specimens marlced * in this Catalogue are under glass shades in the Museum; those marked f, are on the lower shelves in the cases. THALAMIFLORiE. RANUN-CULACEJE. 1. AcoNiTDM Napellus, L. {Aconite, MonTishood, Wolfsbane.) a. Root. For micr. section, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 24. h. Seeds. Note.—The fresh root has been mistaken for horseradish. P. J. [1], vol. XV., p. 449. It is smaller than that root, dark brown, conical, and has a numbing taste without the pungency of horseradish. See P. J. [2], vol. v., p. 317, for Aconella; and P. J. [3], vol. i., pp. 121, 382, for alkaloids ; and Pliarmacographia, pp. 9, 10. For cultivation of plant in England, P. J. [l],vol. x., p. 171. For fig. of- plant, etc., see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 6 & 21. 2. AcoNiTUM rEROX, Wallich. (Jsfepaul Aconite, Bish or Bikh.) a. Root. 6. Stem. Note.—Eoot official in the Indian Pharmacopoeia. In appearance it resembles Tampico Jalap, but it is more conical, is marked with the scars of rootlets, and of the base of the stem, and is paler internally. The principal alkaloid yielded by this root is pseudaconitine. See P. J. [3], vol. iv., p. 293, and for fig., P. J. [3], vol. i., p. 434; Pharmaco- graphia, p. 12. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, tab. 5. 3. ACONITUM HETEROPHYLLUM, Wall. a. Root [Atis or Atees). Note.—Official in the Indian Pharmacopoeia as a tonic and antiperiodic. It contains no aconitia. See Ph. Ind., p. 4. Pliarmacographia, p. 14. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Tnmen, Med. Plants, tab. 7. 4. AcTMX SPiGATA, L. (Baneherry, Herb Christopher.) a. RMzome. For micr. section, see Fluckiger, Grundlag. Pharm. Waar., p. 76. Note.—The rhizome resembles that of Helleborus niger, with which it is occasionally mixed. It is less branched than the latter, has more numerous transverse Unes upon it, and has a cruciate meditullium. P. J. [2], vol. iii., p. 109. It is used in America to make a lotion for pediculi. For fig. of Ehizome, see Goebel und Kunze, pt. ii., taf. xxxi., f. 2. 5. AcMA RACEMOSA, L. (Black Snakeroot, Bugbane, Black Cohosh.) a. Rhizome. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 8. 2»^ote.—Official in the United States Pharmacopoeia under the name of Cimicifuga racemosa. It is used in acute rheumatism and nervous diseases. P. J. [2], vol. ii., pp. 463-464. Pharmacographia, p 16. B