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

Date:
1878
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    286. PiMPINELLA AnISUM, L. a. Fruit. (Aliocmt Aniseed.) h. Ditto. {German Aniseed.) c. Ditto. {H/iissian Aniseed.) Note.—Rnssmn aniseed is much smaller than the other varieties, being about the size of hemlock fruit, from which it may be distinguished at sight by the persistent fruit stalks and the mericarps remaining united. The Alicant variety is the best. Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 162 ; Pharmacographia, p. 277. Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 122. 287. Ptychotis Ajowan, D. 0. (True Bishop's Weed.) a. Fruits. {Ajowan Seeds, Semen AjavcB.) Note.—The fruits are official in the Ind. Pharm., under the name of Carum Ajowan, Bentli, and are used as a carminative. The fruits are covered with minute tubercles, by which, and by their thyme-like odour, they may be distinguished from the seeds of Apium graveolens, A. in- volucratum, and A. petroselinum, which in size and shape they much resemble. Ind. Pharm., p. 99; Pharmacographia, p. 271, art. Ammi Copticum; P. J. [1], vol. xiv., p. 272. For fig., see P. J. [3], vol. i., p. 1007. Bentley and Trimen, Med, Plants, tab. 120. 288. Sagapbnum. a. G-um resin; Sagapenum in lumjD. b. Ditto ; Ditto in tears. c. Ditto; Ditto somewhat agglutinated. Note.—The botanical source of the drug is unknown. In mediceval times it was called serapimim. It smells hke assafoetida, but less strongly, and differs in the tears not becoming pink when broken and exposed to the air. Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 183; Pharmaco- graphia, p. 291. 289. Selinum palustee, L. ; Peucedanum montanum, Koch. a. Root. Note.—The root is used like ginger in Eussia. In Courland it is used for epilepsy. Lindley's Fl. Med., p. 49. P. J. [2], vol, i., p. 234. 290. Thapsia Garganica, var. y. Silphium, D. C. a. Root. Note.—This specimen was presented by Dr. A. Leared, and was received by him from Mogador. The small specimen in the same bottle was brought from Cyrenaica by Vice-Consul Henderson, of Bengazi. See P.J. [3], vol. iv., p. 698. A leaf of the plant is in the Herbarium of the Society. It is distinguished from the typical plant by the leaves beiag hairy, and by their having revolute margins. De Candolle Prodromus, vol. iv., p. 202. ARALIACE^. 291. Aralia SPiNOSA, L. (Angelica Tree, Toothache Tree, Prickly Elder.) a. Bark. (Aralia Baric.) h. Root. Official in the secondary list of the U. S. P. It is used as a stimulant and diaphoretic. Avier. Dispens., p. 125.