CRO—CRO 
Nt. ae 
Cl. 21. Ord. 8. Monoecia Monodelphia. ee Trieocca, — 
Linn. Luphorbix, Juss. 
Four species 
i Croton Eletteria, 
ym—Clutia Eleuteria, Linn, 
2 2, aie Tighum. Purging Croton. 
Seitetees - Liniare. 
This 4, ——~ Humile. 
CROTON ELEUTERIA— 
Cascarille coriex. Lond: Dub. Croton Eleuthe- 
Edin. & U.S. Cascarilla Bark. 
specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 234—figure of the tree, 
¢ Eleutheria. 
i tree, native of the Bahama Islands and Jamaica. The 
: is eae imported from Eleutheria, one of the islands 
_ above—hcnce it was long called Eleutheria Bark. 
' Quatrrres, In small curled pieces, rolled up in short quills; 
fracture smooth and close ; dark-brown colour ; pleasant 
spicy, odour; warm, bitter, aromatic taste; inflammable, —  — 
emitting, when burnt, the fragrance of musk—by which 3 
ae it can be distinguished from all other barks. Its activity is 4 
me : entirely taken up by proof-spirit ; ether takes up one and a 
: ‘ahalf in 10 parts; an a when evaporated on the surface of 4 
= water, leaves a thick pellicle of bitter resin—and, dissolved 
=a in water, a small portion of nearly colourless, pungent ex- 
tractive. .Tromsdorf’s analysis proved that 4696 parts 
yielded—mucilage and bitter principle, 864; resin, 688; 
volatile oil, 72; water, 48; woody fibre, 3024. 
Mepicat Prorertizs ann Uses. “An aromatic tonic. Dose, 
" grs. iij to 3ss of the powder, three or four times a day. 
Orrre. Parr. Infus. Cascarille. 1. Tinct. Cascarille. 1. D- 
_ Casearille, D cs ; 
RoTON TicLium. Purging Croton. 
 Synonym—Pinus Indica, Lignum Moluccense. 
This plant is a native of the Molucca Islands, and of the pe- ~ 
ninsula of India. Every part active; root drastic, tives 
its shavings used in dropsy, in Amboyna at Bamvine 
ves purgative; dried and por derech ae externally used 
bra det capella 
as an antidote for the poison of the col . 
ST: chiefly used for} edicinal p 
— ss ic 
