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

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Museum.
Date:
1878
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    '6 13. Illicium anisatum, Loureiro. (Star Anise.} a. Fruit. For micr. section, vide Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 41. b. Essential Oil. (Oleum Badiani.) Note.—The essential oil resides in the pericarp only. It is distin- guished from that of aniseed by not congealing at 503 F., but at 34° F. Pharmacographia, p. 20. For fig. of plant, see Bentleij and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 10. 14. Liriodendron tulipifera, L. (Tulip Tree.) a. Bark. Note.—Official in the secondary list of the United States Pharma- copoeia. It is a stimulant, tonic, and diaphoretic. It is apt to deteriorate by keeping. Wood and Bache, Dispens., p. 517. 15. Magnolia glauca, L. (Swamp Sassafras. Beaver Tree.) a. Bark. Note.—It possesses similar properties to those of Liriodendron, and also deteriorates by keeping. Wood and Bache, Dispens., p. 528. 16. Magnolia tripetala, L. (Umbrella Tree.) a. Fruit. Note.—The fruit is interesting on account of the very long stalk or funiculus by which the seed remains suspended for some time after the fruit has dehisced. Treas.Bot., p. 710. 17. Tasmannia akomatica, B. Br. (Australian Pepper.) a. Fruit. Note.—Used in New Holland as a substitute for pepper. Treas. Bot., p. 1125. P. J. [1], vol. xv., p. 115. ANONAOE^L 18. Monodora Myristica, Gaert. a. Fruit. Note.—The seeds are known as Jamaica, American, or Calabash nutmegs, and possess the properties and in some degree the flavour of nutmegs. Treas. Bot.,y. 752. 19. Xtlopia ^Ethiopica, A. Rich. (Habzelia.) a. Fruit. (Ethiopian Pepper.) b. Fruit, preserved wet. Note.—Used by the natives of West Africa as an aromatic stimulant and also as an anthelmintic. P. J. [1], vol.. xiv., p. 112. For figure, see Hist, des Brog., vol. ill., p. 736, 1869. 20. Xylopia glabra, L. (The Bitter Wood of the West Indies.) a. Wood. Note.—The wood possesses tonic properties. Treas. Bot., p. 1242. MENISPERMACEJE. 21. Abuta rufescens, Aublet. (White Pareira Brava, Parreira Brava Grande, Abutua.) a. Boot and stem. b. Flat specimen of the root. No te.— This may be known from the genuine Pareira Brava by the