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

Date:
1878
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    105. Quassia amaua, L. {Surinam Quassia.) a. Leaves and branchlets, preserved wet. Presented by Professor Bentley. I. Wood. Note.—The wood of this tree was formerly imported as Quassia, which is now derived from Picrrona excelsa. Pharmacographia, p. 119. For micr. section of wood, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 26, fig. 62. For fig. of bark, see Goebel und Kunze, pt. i., taf. xxxi,, £f. 3-6. 106. Samadeea Indica, Gaertn. (KaringJiota, S. W. India, Samadera- gass, Ceylon.) a. Bark. Note.—The bark is remarkable for its intense bitterness, and for containing a bitter principle which gives a violet-red coloration with concentrated sulphtiric acid. See P. J. [3], vol. v., pp. 541, 644, 654. The kernels of the fruit contain more of the bitter principle than the bark. 107. Simaedba amaea, Auhl. (Mountain Damson.) a. Root bark. 5. Ditto. Pine specimen. Note.—Ofiicial in the secondary hst of the United States Pharmacopceia. It possesses similar properties to those of Quassia. For microscopic structure of bark, see P. J. [3], vol. iii., p. 824; and Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 38. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 56. 108. SiMABA Cedron, Planclwn. a. Seeds. Cedron seeds. Note.—Used in South America for intermittent fevers, in rheumatism, and as an antidote to poison. See P. J. [1], vol. x., pp. 344, 560, and for fig. of fruit, p. 347 ; [1], vol. xi., p. 280 ; [1], vol. xii., p. 63 ; [3], vol. iii., p. 801. ZTGOPHTLLACE^. 109. Gtiaiacum officinale, L. a. Section of stem. (Lignum Vitoe.) h. Ditto, polished. c. Ditto, from the Bahamas. d. Shavings of the wood. Two specimens. Note.—GuaisLCum shavings are sometimes adulterated with shavings of boxwood. This admixture may be detected by nitric acid, chloride of lime, or other oxidizing agents, which will colour Guaiacum wood greenish blue, but not boxwood. See P. J. [1], vol. xii., p. 450. e. Resin, Gum gnaiacum. /. Ditto, Tears. g. Ditto, ditto, agglutinated. h. Ditto, impure. Note.—The Guaiacum in tears is supposed to be the produce of G. sanctum, L. For micr. section of wood, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 27. For constitution of resia see P. J. [1], vol. xi., p. 523 ; and [1], vol, i., 272, [2], vol. iii., p. 483, for products of decomposition of the resin ; also see Guaiacol. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. PUnits. tab. 41, ^ .