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following year fpecimens with fi 



+ 



defcript 



were tranf- 



mitted to my la^e learned friend Dr. John Fothergill of London, who 



T 



fent them to 

 Murray's App 



drawings to b 



elebrated Linnseus at Upfal, as appears by Profeflbr 

 us Medicaminum/ 

 de of this plant, a 



Dr. Fothergill caufed 



elegant 



ma 



drawings 1 now h 



honour of prefenting to the Royal Society of Edinburgh 



?'b 



b 



s 



affiflance of Mr. Alexander Anderfon a p 



lat 



e. 



ant of 



ly introduced into the Pwcyal garden at Kew 



11 iS 



fp, 



Th 



y 



X 



^4- 



ex. 



1^ 



of the fliops is the bark of th 





wh 



fm 



ding to Dr. Wright, " is rough 



frelh: 



IS a 



full yellow, b 



roots of this tre 



e 



hich 



■ ) 



d warted 



paler 



Th 



has but 



e infide 





tafte is bitter, but not diiliereeabl 



Macerated 



or in redified fpirit, it quickly impregnates both menilrua with it 

 bitternefs, and with a yellow tindui 



s 



A 



more perfectly to cold 



It feems to s; 



K 





fufion being 



ather ftronger in tafte than the decoi3:ion ; which laft, of a tranfpa 



} 





whilft hot, grows turbid and of a reddiili brow- 



as it cools. The milky app 



which 



c 





tes 



to b 



of th 

 Tl; 



Cour 



water, I have not obferved 



Juffieu fay 



^ 



communi 



decod 



of 



e 





ecimens which I h 

 bark was fir ft fent 



fro 



■S' 



n 



:amined 



G uiana 



" d 



any 



V 



de Porch 



;reat efficacy in dyfentery 

 epidemic flux prevailed very 



then Secretary of 



France 



State, 



m 



I 



th 



C 



ye 



718 



1713 to the 



as a remedy of 



and 



ally in Fi 



which refifted 



ail 



the ip.edicines ufually employed in fuch cafes; fmall dofes of ip 



anh 



a 



} 



mild 



P 



atives 



rather than to relieve, the difeafe 



d all aftringents were found to 



aggravate,, 



der thefe circumftances.recourf 



ad 



'X 



"^ 



Simamba^, which proved remarkably faccefj 



y^ 



Qi 



]3.mJ3.m Jubletii indagtne cognofclmus; ut tamen eC 



miai monere incumbat, b. Linneum^ Equitem, litteris jam a. 1776. ineunte mihi datis, 

 2iX\\.^(\\x?,v£). Aubletit eleganf*'*^ '"' ' " - •- — -• ■ ^ - 



fpeclem a fe haberi, Ille 



V. 



* « 4 



^^483 



^ 

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J 



Wright 



Qi' 



efficaci, difcrepat a vulgo ujitato cortice^ tit fiedmine mihi mijjo reperio^ quod fctUcet tenue ejf. 

 te^iacitis^ longe pallidius^ obteEhim extrinfecus verrucis exiguis fere Jiipitatis. valde amarumJ. 

 Vol, ill. p. 458. 



See Alton's Hort. Kezu,- 



^ L. c. p. 74 



Lewis Mat. Med* />• 606 



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