th are oe achain away — 
hey ei ina . 
- L. B.D. & U8. Spiritus 
“Cabinet —— Jeff. Coll. No. 
ed secounly see Bigelow d. Botany. The subject is 
far from exhausted, and would be a good one for an in- 
ee. thesis; comparative experiments of its power: 
tie savin, should be made. 
Orrte. —_ tec conten: mains. Pharm. U. Ss. 
ai 338 Joe Panicunata. (Vahl. ) Creve 
heated ; : 
a Ord. Monogynia, Nat. Ord. Personaiz, Linn. 
‘First taken to the southern part of the Indian peninsula, from: 
_ the Isle of France, where it is prized asa stomachic am 
tonic, and forms the basis of the famous French bitt 
tincture, called Drogue Amere. It is, according to Dr. 
Flemming, a native of Bengal also. The whole plant 
ine Materia Medica—is. intensely bi ter, yielding t 
Sn eset menstrua ; 
¢ capsules fist, compressed, the same 
foun wns to era by which peculiarity, aceordin 
it may be siatinguinbed from : _ the other be 
genus. 
