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

Date:
1878
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    CORNACE^. 261. CoRNUS FLORIDA, L. (American Dogwood.) a. Bark. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, No. 136. Note.—Omd&l in the U. S. P. It is used like ciuchona bark. Wood and Bache, Dispens., p. 329; Treas. Bot., p. 383. UMBELLIFER^. 262. ^THUSA Ctnapium, L. (Fools' Parsley.) a. Umbels and fruit. For micr. section, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 41. Note. This plant much resembles hemlock; it may be distinguished by having three long pendulous bracts beneath each partial imibel, no general involucre, and no spots on the stem. For fig. of fruit, see P. J. [1], vol. ii., p. 341. The ridges of the fruit are not crenate, and there are vittaj between the ridges. See Conium maculatum; Pharmacographia, p. 269 ; Treas. Bot., p. 26. Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 125. 263. Anbthum grayeolens, L. ; Peucedanum graveolens, Benth. a. Eruit. (Dill Seed.) h. Volatile oil. Note.—Dill is known in India under the name of suva or sdyah. It is the anise of Matthew xxiii. 23. Pharmacographia, p. 292. For micr. section of fruit, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 43. It yields 2-8 per cent, of volatile oU. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 132. 264. Apictm Petroselinum, L. (Parsley.) a. Root, preserved wet. Presented by Mr. Squire. b. Emit. For micr. section, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 42. c. Volatile oil. Note.—The seeds possess diuretic properties. Treas. Bot, p. 79. For Apiol, see P. J. [2], vol. iv., p. 269. 265. Archangelioa officinalis, Hoffrti. a. Root, preserved wet. Presented by Mr. Squii'e. h. Fruit. c. Volatile oil. Note.—The root is used in some parts of the country for toothache, like peUitory root. It forms an ingredient in the cholera powder of herbalists, being considered anti-pestUential. The fi'uits are said to be used to flavour gin. The green stalks are sold as an ai'omatic candj'. P. J. [1], vol. ii., p. 206 ; Treas. Bot., p. 66. For micr. section of root, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 14. For fig. of root, see Goebel und Kunze, pt. ii., taf. xxvi., fig. 1. 266. Carum Caevi, L. (Caraway.) a. Fruit. For micr. section, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 42. h. Ditto, powdered. c. Ditto. (Mogador Caraways.) B. & Tr., Med. PL, tab. 121. d. Volatile oil. Note.—The fruits yield 4-9 per cent, of oil. The Mogador caraways were presented by Mr. D. Hanbury; they are paler and longer than other varieties. Pharmacographia, p. 271; P. J. [3] , vol. iii., p. 623. E