520 BORAGINEZ. 
A decoction of the bark of C.: Myxa was not affected: by 
iodine solution, and was only slightly turned green by ferric 
-chloride. The alcoholic extract contained some white, trans- 
‘parent’ crystals belonging to the square prismatic system. 
They had no peculiar taste, were neutral in reaction and 4 
unaffected by alkaloidal reagents and the stronger mineral 
acids. The aqueous extract. was dark-coloured, free from 
bitterness, and a substance like cathartin was precipitated 
from it by six volumes of alcohol. Nothing was found in the 
bark to account for its reputed tonic action. Some simple 
crystals of calcium oxalate were present, and the reduction of 
this salt. to carbonate, by bien contributed lasgety * to the — 
12°75 per cent. of ash. 
CACCINIA GLAUCA, Savi. 
Syn.—C. Celsti, Boiss. Fl. Orient iv. p. 277. 
Hab. — Persia. The herb and flowers, 
Vernacular.—Gaozabin (Ind. Bazars). The flowers, Gul-i- 
gaozabin (Ind. Bazars). f 
History, Uses, &c.— A plant named Sovyreooos is men- 
tioned by Dioscorides, Paulus Aigineta, Pliny and other Greek 
and Latin writers as useful in the cold stage of fevers as a 
stimulant when added to wine.* ; 
Dioscorides says of it, Zoe Be PAdpo GudAdovy yapaumerés tpaxu Te 
kai peAdvrepov Sporov Bods yhooon © it has leaves like Verbascum, 
: shen, but rough and blacker, like a bullock’s tongue. - 
ell i : 
Bugloss of the ancients was Borage, laying special stress upon 
the fact that Dioscorides, Paulus Aigineta, Galen and Pliny all — 
mention its addition to wine to increase its stimulating effects. 
a well known use of the plant up to the present time. 
‘Forskahl lees Anim., p. 146 ; Flora lxii.) identifies the Lisén- 
‘althoae of br eetnorharie Mbee eee oe a of = Makhzan, 
