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

Date:
1878
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    21. AiBUTA RUFESCENS (continued). medullary rays being white and large in proportion to the porous woody tissue. Iodine turns a decoction of the root bright blue, ' Pharmaco- graphia, p. 29. 22. Anamirta Coccdlus, Wight Sf Arnott; Anamirta Paniculata, ColebrooJce. (Goccuhos Indicus.) a. Fruit. Note.—The fruit resembles bayberries in appearance, but is known by being slightly depressed on one side and by the crescent-shaped seed. iPicrotoxin is contained in the kernel; menispermia in the shell. For Detection of Picrotoxin, P. J. [3], vol. v., p. 567. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Bled. Plants, tah. 14. 23. CissAMPELOs Pareira, Lam. a. Root. Presented by Mr. D. Hanbury. Note.—This root is distinguished from that of Chondodendron by hav- ing only one woody zone, and by not being larger round than the forefinger. For fig. see P. J. [3], vol. iv., p. 102. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 15. 24. Chondodendron tomentosum, B. et P. (Pareira Brava, Butua.) * a. Specimen of leaves, stem, root, and fruit, mounted in a glass case. Presented by Mr. D. Hanbury. I. Fruit, preserved wet. Presented by Mr. D. Hanbury. c. Root. Note.—This specimen (c) originally belonged to Pereira, and is the one from which the description given in his work is partly taken. Pereira, Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 671. For fig. of fruit, see P. J. [3], vol. iv., p. 83. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 11. d. Root. A very large specimen. e. Ditto. A commercial specimen. ]<[ote.—Specimen e shows well the dark colour and transverse ridges characteristic of the true Pareira Brava. For fig. of the root, see P. J. [3], vol. iv., p. 102. Goebel und Kunze, pt. ii., taf. xiii., fig. 1. Iodine gives a bluish black colour with decoction of the root. /. Stem. g. Ditto. A commercial specimen. Specimen / is a portion of prostrate stem, with root on its lower surface. Specimen g exhibits the paler coloured bark, and the numerous » small warts on the exterior, which, together with the absence of trans- verse ridges and the presence of Hchens, always distinguish the stem from the root. It is less bitter than the root. P. J. [3], vol. iv., p. 911. For micr. structure of the stem, see P. J. [3], vol. vi., p. 702. h. Common false Pareira Brava. JYoie.—This specimen consists of the stem of an unknown plant. It is characterised by having an excentric pith, and only one perfect zone of wood, all the others being mcomplete. For fig. see P. J. [3], vol. iv., p. 108. . ^ ^, . Iodine does not give a blue colour with the aqueous decoction of this stem.