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

Date:
1878
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    0. CoPTis TKIFOLIA, Salish. (Gold Thread.) a. Root. Note.—Official in the Unitod States Pharmacopoeia. A pure bitter tonic like calumha; probably owing its properties to berberia. Wood and Bache, Dispens., p. 32G; P. J. [3], vol. i., p. 161. Avier. Journ. Pharm., May 1873, p. 193. For fig. of plant, see Bentlcy and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 3. 7. CoPTis Tbeta, Wall. a. Rhizome (GojjUs, Mishmi Tito). Note.—Official in the Indian Pharmacopceia as a tonic. In China it is used under the name of Hwang-lien and Chuen-Ken. See Ind. Pharm., p. 4. Pharmacographia, p. 4. Porter Smith, Mat. Med. Chin., p. 126 (art. Justicia). It contains 8J p. c. of Berberine. 8. Delphinium Staphisagria, L. (Stavesacre.) a. Seeds. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 4. h. Oil expressed from the seeds. 9. Helleborus NIGER, L. {Black Hellebore, Ghristmas Rose.) a. Rhizome and rootlets preserved wet. h. Rhizome. Note.—Th.e root of Actsa spicata may be detected by its decoction being blackened by ferric salts. Vide Actasa spicata, and P. J. [1], vol. xii., p. 274; Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 17. For fig. of rhizomes of H. niger, see Goehel und Kunze, pt. ii., taf. xxxi., f. 1; and for rhizomes of H. viridis, L., and H. foetidus, L., pt. ii., taf. xxxii., ff. 2, 3. For fig. of H. niger, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 2. 10. Hydrastis Canadensis, L. {Golden Seal, Yellow Puccoon, Yellow Boot, Ground Easpherry.) a. Rhizome. For fig. of plant, see Bentl. d- Trim., Med. Plants, tab. 1. j^ote.—Official in the United States Pharmacopceia. A powerful bitter used in atonic states of the mucous membrane. An available source of berberia, as it contains 4 per cent, of that alkaloid. P. J. [2], vol. iii., pp. 540-546 ; and [3], vol. iii., p. 694. 11. Xanthorhiza apiifolia, Eerit. (Yellow Root.) a. Root. h. Ditto. Presented by Mr. D. Hanbury. Note.—A pure bitter tonic like calumba, and also containing berberia. Official in the secondary Ust of the United States Pharmacopceia. P. J. [2], vol. iv., p. 12. Specimen h is an authentic one coUected by Professor Asa Gray. 'Por fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 9. MAGNOLIACE^. 12. Drimts WiNTERi, Forster. (Winter s Bark; Pepper Baric.) a. Bark. Presented by Mr. P. J. Hanbury. h. Section of Trunk. Note —The section of the trunk formerly belonged to Eobert Bvovm The bark of Drimys Winteri, var. granatensis, sometimes appears an the EngUsh market under the name of pepper bark. The true Wuater's bark is known from the spiuious drug by its very rough anner surface, by occurring in small pieces, and by being of a red-brown colour. See Cinnamodendron, p. 17 Pharmacographia, p. 17.