Catalogue of the collections in the Museum of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain / compiled by E.M. Holmes.

  • Holmes E. M. (Edward Morell), 1843-1930.
Date:
1878
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Credit: Catalogue of the collections in the Museum of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain / compiled by E.M. Holmes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MALPIGHIACE^. 75. Btesonima laueifolia, H. B. a. Bark. (Alcornoque Baric.) ]^ote.—American Alcornoque bark is derived from other species of Byrsonima as well as from B. laurifolia, and also from Boiodichia virgilioides. It is used in tanning. Alcornoque is the Spanish name for the cork oak. See Bentley, Man. Bot., pp. 459 and 498. P.J. [1], vol. vi., p. 362. For fig. of bark, see Goebel und Kunze, pt. i., taf. i., ff. 6-8. ERTTHEOXYLACE^. 76. Erttheoxtlon Coca, Lam. a. leaves. (Coca, Ypadu.) Note.—These leaves are used by the natives of BrazU to allay hunger and diminish fatigue. See P. J. [1], vol. ii., p. 660; [1], vol. xiii., p. 224; [1], vol. xiv., pp. 162, 213; [2], vol. i., p. 616. For Cocaine, see Watts' Diet. Chemistry, vol. i., p. 1059; S'upplt, i., p. 479. P. J. [3], vi., p. 888. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 40. CEDRELAOE^. 77. Cedeela febeipuga, A. cle J. Meliac. a. Bark. See Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 461. Note.—It is used as an astringent and febrifuge. For fig. of the bark, see Goebel und Kunze, pt. i., taf. xxxi., ft. 7, 8, 9. 78. SOTMIDA FEBEiFUGA, Juss. (Bed Wood Tree, Bastard Oedar.) a. Bark. (Bohun Barh.) Note.—OfScial in the Indian Pharmacopoeia. It is used in diarrhoea and in intermittent fevers ; also as a local astringent like oak bark. Nux vomica bark is sometimes met with in the Calcutta bazaars under this name. See P. J. [1], vol. i., p. 575; [1], vol. xi., p. 420; Pharmaco- graphia, p. 137. For fig. of plant, see Bentl. <& Trim., Med. Plants, tab. 63. 79. CaEAPA GrUINEENSIS, 0. Bon. a. Stem. h. Seeds. c. Concrete oil expressed from the seeds. (TalUcoona or Kundali Oil.) Note.—The specimen of oU is from the district of Assin, on the Gold Coast, on the frontiers of the kingdom of Ashantee. See P. J. [1], vol. ii., pp. 341, 342. It is purgative and anthelmintic, and is also used as lamp oil. This plant is beUeved by Oliver to be identical with Carapa Guianensis, Aubl. 80. CaEAPA GrUIANENSIS, AuU. a. Concrete oil expressed from the seed. (Orah Oil.) Note.—This specimen is from the International Exhibition of 1851. See Catalogue No. 63. Contributed by Mr. J. S. Stutchberry, Eiver Essequibo, British Guiana. It is used in the colony for burning, and as hair oil to prevent the hair turning grey. P. J. [1], vol. xi., p. 160.