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

Date:
1878
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    140. BoswELLiA SPECIES, continued. g. African Olibanum. Dr. Pereira's Catalogue, No 288. Ti. Do., from Dr. Maclagan, from an old drug store. i. Olibanum of English commerce. j. Luban mattee. A very fine specimen. J^oie.—Specimens & to / are those used by Dr. Vaughan to illustrate a paper in P. J. [1], vol. xii., pp. 228, 229. P. J. [3], yoI. i., p. 166; [1], vol. v., p. 541. Pharmacographia, pp. 120 and 131. For figures of the olibanum trees, see Linn. Trans., xxvii., p. 111. Specimen j was presented by Mons. G. ChantrS. 141. BUKSERA ACUMINATA, WUM. a. Resin. Carana resin. Presented by Mr. Winstanley. See Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 494. 142. Canarium commune, L. a. Resin. (Manilla Elemi.) 2 specimens. &. Pruit. See Bentletj and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 61. 143. Canarium edule, HooJc.f. a. Resin. (African Elemi.) Collected in the Angola district, Pungo Andongo, Africa, by Dr. Welwitsch. 144. Elaphrium elemiferum, Boyle. a. Resin. (Mexican Elemi.) 145. Elaphrium graveolens, Kunth. a. Wood. (Mexican lignaloes.) h. Essential oil from do. Note.—This is not the oriental lignaloes. It has a strong odour like bergamot. P. J. [2], vol. x., p. 590. See Aquilaria Agallochum. 146. IciCA iciCARiBA, Dec. a. Resin. (Brazilian Elemi.) P. 355. 147. IciCA species. a. Elemi wrapped in leaves. Presented by Messrs. Bell & Co. b. Do. Fine specimen in mass. c. Spurious elemi, said to be manufactured from Thus in Germany and Holland. d. Elemi from British Guiana. (Marucoa Yam.) e. Elemi from the Mauritius. Presented by Dr. Ure. LEGUMmOS^. Suborder I.—Papilionace^. 148. Abrus precatorius, L. (Indian lAqiiorice.) a. Pods and seeds. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 77. Note.—These seeds are used as a standard of weight in India, called Eati. The weight of the Koh-i-noor diamond was ascertained in this way. The roots are olficial in the Indian Pharmacopceia as a substitute for Liquorice root. See Ind. Pharm., pp. 74 and 446 ; Treas. Bot., p. 4; Phar- macographia, p. 164. P. J. [1], vol. xi., p. 160, No. 51.