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

Date:
1878
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    13. Illicium anisatum, Loureiro. (Star Anise.) a. Fruit. For micr. section, vide Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 41. h. Essential Oil. (Oleum Badiani.) Note.—The essential oil resides in the pericarp only. It is distin- guished from that of aniseed by not congealing at 50^ F., but at 34° F. PharmacograpMa, p. 20. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 10. 14. LiBIODBNDRON TULIPIFERA, L. (Ttllip Tree.) a. Bark. Note.—Official in the secondary list of the United States Pharma- copoeia. It is a stimulant, tonie, and diaphoretic. It is apt to deteriorate by keeping. Wood and Bache, Dispens., p. 517. 15. Magnolia glatjca, L. (Swamp Sassafras. Beaver Tree.) a. Bark. Note.—It possesses simUar properties to those of Liiiodendron, and also deteriorates by keeping. JVood and Bache, Dispens., p. 528. 16. Magnolia tripetala, L. (Umbrella Tree.) a. Fruit. Note.—The fruit is interesting on account of the very long stalk or funiculus by which the seed remains suspended for some time after the fruit has dehisced. Treas. Bot., p. 710. 17. Tasmannia aromatica, J?. 5r. (Australian Pepper.) a. Fruit. Note.—Used in New Holland as a substitute for pepper. Treas. Bot., p. 1125. P. J. [IJ, vol. XV., p. 115. ANONACE^. 18. MoNODORA Myristica, Gaert. a. Fruit. Note.—The seeds are known as Jamaica, American, or Calabash nutmegs, and possess the properties and in some degree the flavour of nutmegs. Treas. Bot., p. 752. 19. Xtlopia ^thiopica, A. Rich. (Habzelia.) a. Fruit. (Ethiopian Pepper.) h. Fruit, preserved -wet. Note.—Used by the natives of West Africa as an aromatic stimulant and also as an anthelmintic. P. J. [1], vol, xiv., p. 112. For figure, see Hist, des Drog., vol. iii., p. 736, 1869. 20. Xylopia glabra, L. (The Bitter Wood of the West Indies.) a. Wood, Note.—The wood possesses tonic properties. Treas. Bot., p. 1242. MENISPERMACE^. 21. Abdta rufescens, Auhlet. (White Pareira Brava, Parreira Brava Grande, Ahutua.) a. Root and stem, i- Flat specimen of the root. Note.-This may be known from the genuine Pareira Brava by the