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Lastly, I would mention that the Bucku of our Pharmacopaeias, 

 which has lately obtained so much celebrity as a sudorific, diuretic, 

 and tonic ; such at least as I have examined and prescribed from our 

 druggists, undoubtedly belongs to the present species. Hence, though 

 others of the Dlosiua groupe may contain similar preperties, abound- 

 ing, as they all do, in a strong aromatic odor, and glands filled with 

 essential oil, yet by the Hottentots and those who gather Bucku for the 

 European and American markets, preference is given to our Barosma 

 crcnukita. The scent seems to me to be as powerful as that of any 

 other of the tribe, but at the same time much more agreeable, and 

 more resembling that of some mints. 



Barosma pulchella. Neat Barosma. This shrub grows from one 

 to three feet in height; leaves crowded, ovate, quite smooth, with 

 thickened, crenate-glandular margins; peduncles axillary, usually soli- 

 tary, exceeding the leaves ; flowers pale-red. The Hottentots use 

 the leaves of this plant, dried and powdered, under the name of 

 Bucku, to mix with the greese with which they anoint themselves. 

 It gives them so rank an odor, thatThunberg says he could not bear 

 the smell of the men who drove his waggon. It is a native of the 

 Cape of riood Hope, and flowers from September till February. 



Propagation and Culture. This is a genus of pretty little shrubs, 

 which thrive best in a mixture of sand, peat, and a little turfy loam ; 

 and cuttings taken from ripened wood, and planted in a pot of 

 sand, with a bell-glass placed over them, will strike root readily and 

 thrive well. 



