TAB. 7235. 
PILOCARPUS pernnatirotivs. 
Native of Brazil. 
Nat. Ord. Rutracrm.—tTribe ZANTHOXYLER, 
Genus Pinocarrus, Vahl. ; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. i. p. 299.) 
Pinocarrus pennatifolius ; arbuscula, ramulis paniculisque glabris v. rufo- 
puberulis, foliis alternis impari-pinnatis 1-1} pedalibus, foliolis 2-3- 
jugis 3-9-pollicaribus oblongis apice rotundatis v. emarginatis basi in 
petiolulum brevem angustatis coriaceis glabris v. subtus puberulis pel- 
lucido-punctatis lete viridibus, floribus in racemum spiciformem pedalem 
longe pedunculatum multiflorum rachi valida dispositis, pedicellis hori- 
zontalibus validis viridibus minute 2-bracteolatis, bracteolis dentiformibus ~ 
alternis a basi longe distantibus, calyce minuto 5-dentato, corolla rotata 
2 poll. diam. rufo-brunnea, petalis ovatis acutis apicibus valvatis fila- 
mentis brevibus, antheris aureis, ovario 5-carpellari, stylis 5 brevibus 
coherentibus. carpellis maturis 3-5 subcompressis dorso rotundato 
carinatis, seminibus solitariis reniformibus altis nitidis. 
P. pennatifolius, Lemaire Jard. Fleur. vol. iii. t. 263; Engler in Mart,: FT. 
Bras. vol. xii. part ii. p. 187; Walp. Ann. vol. iv. p. 411; Bentley & 
Trimen, Med. Pl. vol. i. t. 48: Van Hall in Siebold Flore des Jardins, 
vol. iii. 1860, p. 113, ewm Te. pict. 
P. trijugatus, Lem. (olim.) ex Walp, 1. c. : 
P P. Selloanus, Hagler, in Mart. l. c. p. 136, t. xxx. 
Pilocarpus pennatifolius is the source of one and that 
now regarded as the typical Jaborandi, a drug used, as 
are many others bearing the same vernacular name, in 
Brazil as a sialogogue and diaphoretic, but not introduced 
into the pharmacopeeas of Britain, India, or the United 
States. According to the excellent account of the plant 
given by Bentley and Trimen, its determination as the 
source of the ordinary Jaborandi of commerce was made 
early in 1875 by Professor Baillon of Paris, who, from an 
examination of the leaves alone, was able to refer it to the 
genus Pilocarpus, and with less certainty to P..pennati- 
folius. In the same year Mr. Holmes, F.L.8., of the 
Pharmaceutical Society, from an examination of the fruit, 
confirmed its generic position, but in the absence of good 
flowering specimens was unable with certainty to refer it 
to pennatifolius. 
May 1st, 1892. 
