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2 sort of remittent commonly called “ hill fever.” Fltckiger and 
q , Hanbury have the following account of the history of Toddaliz 
_ Radix :—It is from this and other species of Toddalia, or 
from the allied genus Zanthoxylum, that a drug is derived, 
which, under the name of Lopez root, had once some celebrity 
in Europe. This drug was first made known by the Italian 
physician Redi, who described it in 1671 from specimens 
_ obtained by Juan Lopez Pigneiro at the mouth of the river 
_ 4Zambesi, in Eastern Africa, the very locality in which, in our 
times, Toddalia lanceolata, Lam., has been collected by Dr. 
Kirk. It was actually introduced into European medicine by — 
Gaubius in 1771 as a remedy for diarrhoea, and acquired so 
much reputation that it was admitted to the Edinburgh 
Pharmacopeia of 1792. The rvot appears to have been some- 
__ times imported from Goa, but its place of growth and botanical 
- Origin were entirely unknown, and.it was always extremely rare — 
a and costly. It has long been obsolete in all countries except 
- olland, where, unt recently, it was to be met with in the : 
shops.” In the Pharmacopoeia of India it is stated that 
_ Toddalizs Radix is probably a remedy of great value in consti- 
_ tutional debility, and in convalescence after febrile and other 
_ exhausting diseases. It is very strongly recommended by 
_ Bidie, of Madras. The French in India use it under the name 
_ of Bots de ronce. 
Description.—The root is 5 wendy and in Vase flex- 7) 
- uose pieces, from 4 to 2 inches in diameter. The bark is S 
 abont 7th of an inch thick, and consists of a soft, voll s 
_ Corky external layer, wrinkled longitudinally, a thin bright 
_ yellow Tayer, and a firm brown middle cortical layer and liber, 
_ The wood is hard, yellow, and without taste or smell: its pores 
_ 4re arranged in a concentric manner, and the medullary rays: 
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Simple or ‘compound racemes, and are succeeded by 3 to 
celled orange-coloured berries as large as a pea, and having 
hot peppery taste when unripe. The dry. berries are 
brown or nearly black, and have a pungent, aromatic, an 
te | flavour like citron. When Seguite’ the bark 
