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

Date:
1878
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    292. Aralta nudtcaulis, L. {American Sm-saimrilla, Wild or False Sarsaparilla, Small Spikenard.) a. Root. Two specimens. J^Tote.—Official in secondary Hst of the U. S. P, It is used as a diaphoretic and alterative, like sarsaparilla. Amer. Dispena., p. 124. 293. Panax Ginseng, Mey. a. Root. (Ginseng Boot.) Note.—This specimen was brought from China by Mr. E. Fortune. P. J. [2], vol. iii., p. 332. By the Chmese this root is valued at its weight in gold; and most wonderful restorative properties are ascribed to it. Dr. Porter Smith's Mat. Med. China, p. 103. 294..Panax quinquefolium, L. a. Root. (American Ginseng.) Note.—This root is occasionally found accidentally mixed with senega and with serpentary roots. Avier. Dispens., p. 596. Goebel und Kunze, pt. ii., taf. V. fig. 1., a, b, c, e. COROLLIFLOR^. CAPRIFOLIACE^. 295. Sambtjcus nigra, L. a. Section of trank. b. Bark. c. Ditto, separated from flower stalks. d. Volatile oil, from the flowers. e. Ditto, dissolved in spirit of wine. Note.—The bark is purgative. As sold on the Continent the flowers usually have the stalk attached; but in this country, except in some of the provinces, without them. Treas. Bat., p. 1013. The leaves are used to colour oleum viride and ung. sambuci viride, and the juice of the berries to colour artificial wines. For detection of elder juice in wine, see P. J. [3], vol. i., p. 843. For volatile oil, Gmel. Chem., vol. xiv. (1860), p. 368. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 137, 138. An allied species, S. Canadensis, L., is of&cial in the U. S. P. RUBIACE^. 296. Cephaelis Ipecacuanha, A. Bich. (Foaya verdadeira, vel de Botica, Brazil.) a. Root. Brown annulated ipecacuanha. h. Ditto. Blackish grey ditto. Prom Prof. Guibourt. c. Ditto. Brown non-annulated. See Pe?-. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 58, fig. Sb, d. Ditto. Red annulated ditto. e. Ditto. Reddish grey ditto. From Prof Guibourt. ■f. Grey annulated ditto. g. Ditto, with the rings not well developed.