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

Date:
1878
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    TILIACEiE. 59. TiLiA Europ;ea, L. (Linden, or Lime Tree.) a. Flowers. Note.~The flowers are still used in France in the form of Tisane and distilled water, as an antispasmodic. Hist, des Drog., vol. iii., p. 635. L'OJJicine, p. 949. The flowers, as well as the leaves and bark, were formerly officinal in this country. Ph. Lond., 1724, p. 159. DIPTERACE^. GO. DiPTEROCAEPUs TDRBINATUS, Gaert, and other species. a. Oleoresin. (Gurjim Balsam, Wood Oil, Gurgun Oil.) Note.—Official in the Indian Pharmacopcsia. It is used in India in- stead of balsam of copaiba. It is also used in India as a varnish. P. J. [1], vol. XV., p. 321. Ind. Pharm. app., p. 441. Pharmacographia, p. 81. It has lately been used in the cure of leprosy. P. J. [1], vol. xiv., p. 65 ; [3], vol. v., p. 729. 61. Drtobalanops aromatica, Gaert. a. Sectioa of stem from Sumatra. From Dr. De Vriese. b. Fruit, preserved wet. c. Stearoptene. (Borneo CamjoJior.) Note.—This camphor is found in the wood in fragments, and is remarkable for not subliming at the ordinary temperature of the airl Hook. Journ. Bot., vol. iv., pp. 33-202. P. J. [3], vol. iv., p. 710. Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 444. For fig. of crystals, see P. J. [1], vol. xii., p. 302 ; [3], vol. iv., p. 710. TERNSTRCEMIACE^. 62. Thea Ohinensis, Sims.; Camellia Trea, LinJc. a. Leaves. h. Green tea. c. Black tea. d. Oil expressed from the fruit. l^ote.—Black and green tea are probably derived from the same plant; but Assam tea is the product of Thea Assamica. Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 446. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 34. GUTTIFER^. 63. Calophtllum Calaba, Willd. a. Bark. h. Resin. (East Indian Tacamahaca.) Note.—This specimen is labelled This is the Animi Tacamahac of Batka. See P. J. [3], vol. vi., p. 742. It is used as an application to indolent ixlcers. Specimen b resembles some varieties of Olibanum, and gives off a similar odour when heated. It also has fragments of papery bark attached to it.
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