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

Date:
1878
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    100. RuTA GRAVEOLENS (continued). b. Essential oil from the herb. Note.—Official in the Indian Pharmacopoeia, p. 40. Formerly much used in this country as a stimulant and deobstruent. It was also sup- posed to ward off pestilence. See Treas. Bot., p. 1001. For fig. of the plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 44. 101. Xanthoxylon clava-Heeculis, L. a. Stem. h. Bark. c. Enlarged prickles from stem. Note.—The bark is used in the West Indies for malignant ulcers, and is used both externally and internally as an alterative in syphiUs. It is official in the secondary list of the United States Pharmacopoeia, under the name of X. Oarohnianum. The prickles are worthy of notice on account of their extraordinary development. The specimen i accord- ing to Prof. Bentley, is probably that of X. CaroUnianum, Lam., which is apparently a variety of X. fraxineum growing in the Southern States. See P. J. [1], vol. xvi., p. 271. 102. Xanthoxtlon fraxineum, PTiZZcZ. (PricJcly Ash, Toothache Sliruh.) a. Stem. h. Bark, c. Fruit. Note.—The bark is used in the United States as a permanent arterial stimulant, and as an alterative in syphiHs and rheumatism. It resembles Guaiacum in its stimulant action, but is more permanent. The bark resembles that of Pomegranate root bark, but nitric acid colours it red, while it does not affect Pomegranate root bark. See P. J. [2], vol. iv., p. 399. CORIARIACE^. 103. CORIAEIA MYETIFOLIA, L. a. Leaves. Note.—The leaves of this plant are sometimes found in Senna, on the Continent, but not in this country. They are poisonous. They may be readily detected by having three well marked veins, the two outer of which are situated near the margin of the leaf. For fig. of leaf, see Per. Mat. Med,, vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 356, fig. 67. SIMARUBACE^. 104 PiCR^NA BXCBLSA, Lindl. (Jamaica Ash, Jamaica Quassia.) a. Section of stem. &. Young branches. Presented by Dr. Lindley. c. Bark. d. Shavings of the wood. Note.—FoT occurrence of sulphate of soda in this wood, see P. J. [1], vol. xiii., p. 642. For micr. section of wood, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf.' 26, fig. 63. For fig. of bark, see Goebel und Kunze, pt. i., taf. xxxi., ff. 3, 4. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trivien, Med. Plants, tab. 57. '