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Canadensis, Oaultheria procumbens, Sambucus Can* . with a Little wine, Coptis tri- 



f oli a is used to cure sores of the mouth and I e ccite appetite; and also to allay Lnflammal ions 

 of the skin. Cirsium arvense is used against eruptions generally, especially tlio.se caused l<v 



Rhus tosicoiliialron. By seeking <>nt the hitter plant which caused a pois >ning, and boiling 

 it in a kettle of water and finally pouring the u hole into the water, the pois n apelJ is said I • 

 be broken and the victim recovers. Solidago Canadensis makes an infusion curing fever. 

 V actinium Pennsylvanicum roots make an infusion to cure the suppression of urine. The 

 roots of Epilobium angustifolium make a poultice to cure boils. The infusion of l( 

 Ledum (1 roenlandicum is a stimulant, is used as a tonic before labor; and the leav ised 



against he;ul:irhes. An infusion of Polypodium vulgare is said to be a cure for dyspepsia. 

 The flower of Ranunculus acris is used against headaches. Anemone cylindrica and A. mul- 

 tifida are used also for the same purpose in the region of the Rocky Mountains. The leaves 

 are reduced to snuff which cause tears and sneezing, followed by a sense of relief. Actaea 

 alba is used by the Temiscaming Indians in menstrual disturbances. Clintonia borealis has 

 a root which when grated into powder and added to the bait attracts bears to the traps from 

 great distances. The bark of Populus tremuloides powdered and mixed with sugar is taken 

 as a vermifuge. Achillea millefolium when fresh and green is good for burns. The gum from 

 Abies balsamea is used for burns and abscesses. Anaphalis margaritacea is used as poultices 

 on burns. If one places a stick of Fraxinus Americana in the stove, the juice oozing out of 

 its ends is said to cure earaches. — A. II. Mac Kay. 



1693. Burkill, I. H. Notes on Cola trees in the Economic Garden, Singapore. Gardens' 

 Bull. Straits Settlements 2 : 74-86. Fig. 1. 1918. 



1694. Cremata, Merlino. Plantas medicinales populares. [Popular medicinal plants.] 

 Revist; Agric. Com. y Trab. 2: 153-155. 2 fig. 1919. — Some medicinal uses commonly made 

 of Cissus sycioides Lin. and Cajanus indicus Lin., are discussed. — F. M. Blodgett. 



1695. Anonymous. The economic resources of Burma cutch. Chem. and Druggist 91: 

 705, 737. — The cutch of commerce is an extract prepared from several plants but its chief 

 source is the wood of Acacia Catechu, native of India and Burma. This extract is also known 

 as black catechu, Pegu cutch and Terra Japonica. Trees of a circumference of three feet or 

 more are used; the bark is removed and used locally for tanning; the wood chipped by hand 

 labor, the chips packed in earthenware jars covered with water and boiled. As the liquor 

 thickens it is strained into other vessels and evaporated by heat until the extract will harden 

 on cooling. The best grade is formed into blocks covered with large leaves; a poorer grade is 

 poured into mats molded in the sand. — Cutch has been used in Burma from time immemorial 

 as a dye, for tanning and extensively to toughen fish lines, nets and canvas exposed to water. 

 It has been exported for eighty years, and in 1915 the exports were 8526 tons. During the war 

 the exports have markedly fallen off. As the forestry department of Burma is so greatly 

 undermanned, the huge reserve forests are suffering many depredations and it is estimated 

 that 15,000 cutch trees are illegally cut annually. — E. N. Gathercoal. 



ANATOMY 



1696. Anonymous. [Rev. of: Malmanche, L. A. Contribution a 1'etude anatomique des 

 Eriocaulonacees et des' families voisines: Restiacees, Centrolepidacees, Xyridacees, Phila- 

 dracees et Mayacacees. (Contributions to the anatomical study of the Eriocaulonaceae and re- 

 lated families: Restiaceae, Centrolepidaceae, Xyridaceae, Philydraceae and Mayacaceae.) 

 Thesis for deg. Dr.Sc. Girault: St. Cloud (Paris), 1919.] Bull. Sci. Pharm. 26: 297. 1919. 



1697. Styger, Jos. Beitrage zur Anatomie der Umbelliferenfriichte. [Contributions on 

 the anatomy of umbelliferous fruits.] Schweiz. Apoth. Zeitg. 57: 125-126, 143-145. Fig. 10- 

 12. 1919. — The fruit of Berula angustifolia Koch is rounded, laterally compressed, with the 

 stylar cushion, both of the bent styles and a short 5-pointed calyx evident, 2 mm. long, 2 mm. 

 deep and 1 mm. broad, dark-brown to yellowish-brown. The vittae form an almost closed 



