2 2IN—ZIN 291 
No. 552.—-ZINGIBER OFFICINALE. (Roscoe and Jac- 
quin) Officinal Ginger. sai 
Synonym—Amomum Zingiber. ( Willd.) 
Cabinet specimens, Jeff. Coll. Nos. 745 and 746—figure, 
No. 747. : 
Orricinat. Zingiberis Radix. Lond. Amomi Zingiberi 
Radix. Edin. Zingiber, Radix condita. Dub. Ginger root, 
- dried and preserved. — ae : 
Native of the East and West Indies—in the East it is par- 
ticularly plenty, in the mountainous district of Gingi, 
to the east of Pondicherry—whence its name. el 
Qvauirizs, Well known—is an aromatic, warm stimulant; 
the best perhaps we have used in flatulent colics, dys- 
pepsia, gouty affections of the stomach, &c. Isa salivant 
TMasticatory, and has been used for paralytic affections of — 
the muscles of the tongue and fauces. Dose, in powder, 
gis. x to Bj. 
Orric. Prep. ipus Zingiberis. L. E. D.& U. 8. Tine- 
tura Zingiberis. L.D. Syrupus Rhami. L. Tinctura 
Cinnamomi comp. L. Acid. sulphur. aromat. E.. Confectio— 
Opit. L. ie. Scammonii. L. D. & U.S. Infusum 
Sennz. L. lis Cinnamomi comp. L. E. D. Putv. 
Scammonii comp. L. D. Pulv. Senne comp. L. Pilulz 
Scille comp. L. Pilule Aloes. D. Finum Alves. L. E. 
D.&. U. 8. 5 
The following plants have been omitted in their proper Iiteral 
pla 
HYDRASTIS S. Yellow root. Indigenous. Cabi- 
net specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. : re of plant, No. 749. See 
W.P. C. Barton’s Veg. Mat. Med. rol. IL. plate 26. 
HEUCHERA AMERICANA. Alum root. Indigenous. “Cabinet 
cimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 750—figure of plant, No. 751. Astrin- 
gent. See W. P. C. Barton’s Veg. Mat. Med. U. S. Vol. 11. 
plate 40, for full account. 
PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUM. Ginseng—Gensang. Cabinet speci- 
mens, Jeff. Coll. Nos. 752, 753, 754—figure of plant, No. 735. 
See W. P.C. Barton’s Veg. Mat. Med. U. S. Vol. Ll. plate 45, for 
a full account. 
PYNCKNEYA PUBENS. Georgia Bark—North American Cin- 
chona. Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. Nos. 756 and No. 757— 
figure of tree, No. 758. See W. P.C. Barton’s Fl. N. Amer. 
Vol. I. plate 7, fora full account. 
