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Mr. Bushnan's Observations on the Roots 



vated and micaceous, and have been thought to consist of starch, 

 which Pelletier has found existing in large quantities in the root. 

 It has a musty odour, (supposed not to be accidental) not at all ir- 



2. Op the False or Bastard Ipecacuanhas. 



As I have before mentioned, the term ipecacuanha is applied, in 

 different parts of the world, to the roots of very different plants, 

 which, with the exception of those before alluded to, have all been 

 tevmei false or bastard ipecacuanhas. They are obtained from the 

 three following families ; violarieoe, euphor'biacece, and apocynece. 

 An account of them I have condensed in the following Table : — 



Relative Strength of the Ipecacuanhas, according to Dccandolle. 



r Cynanch. Ipecac. - - 22 grs. 



Decand. < Psycotria Emet. - - 24 



(_ Viola Calceolaria, - - 60 to 72 



St. Hil. Rich. Brasil. - - - 24 



Decand. Viol. Ip. - - - 60 to 180 



Relative Strength determined 



TABLE, &c. 



