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

Date:
1878
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    70. Sapindus Saponauia,!/. (W. Indian Soap Tree, Black Nicker Tree.) a. Root. Presented by Mr. Edwards. h. Fruit. {Soap Berries.) c. Seeds. Note.—The pericarps contain saponin, and are used in the W. Indies by laundresses. They are said to be as efficacious as sixty times their weight of soap. See P. J. [1], vol. vii., p. 225. The seeds are from the International Exhibition of 1851, and are contributed by Mr. Geo. Boss, of Euimveld Eiver, Demerara, where they are used for necklaces, bracelets, and other ornaments. POLTGALACE^. 71. PoLTGALA Senega, L. a. Root. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 29. Note.—Easily distinguished from other roots by the keel which pro- jects from the concave side of the root. Pharmacograplda, p. 72. For micr. section, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 8. See Panax quinquefolium. KRAMERIACE^. 72. Krameria triandra, B. et P. a. Root. (Peruvian or Payta Bhatany.) h. Ditto. Fine specimen. c. Extract. P. J. [i], vol. iii., p. 82. d. Ditto. TboTiglit by Gruibourt to be tbe prod act pf some species of acacia of S. America, of wbicb au account was published in the Journal de Pharjnacie. Note.—The extract is said to be extensively used to give astringency and colour to artificial port wine. Pharmacographia, p. 74. For fig. of root, see Goehel und Eunze, pt. ii., taf. iv., fig. 2. 73. Krameriatomentosa, St. Hilaire. {K. Ixina /3. gra.natensis,'Triana.) a. Root. {Savanilla, or New Granada Bhatany.) 1). Ditto. A commercial specimen. ]^ot2.—This rhatany generally occurs in short pieces, on account of being very brittle when fresh. Its pale purplish hue when seen in mass, smooth surface, and transverse cracks, as well as the thickness of the bark of the root, distinguish it from Peruvian rhatany. It is said to be more astringent than the latter. See P. J. [1], vol. xi., p. 420; [2], vol. vi., p. 460. Botanisclie Zeitung, Oct. and Nov., 1856. For Pard Bhatany, see P. J. [3], vol. i., p. 84; [3J, vol. vi., p. 21. For fig. of K. triandra and K. Ixina, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tabs. 30, 31. ACERAOE^. 74. Acer saccharinum, L. {Sugar Maple.) a. Crude juice. See P. J. [1], vol. xi., p. 115. I. Maple sugar. See P. J. [1], vol. xvii., p. 324.