70 GAMOPKTALiK. 



dipsacea;. 



274. Scabiosa Olivieri, Coult. " Sher singh." 



a. Entire plant in flower. 



COMPOSIT.t;. 

 Tribe III. Astkroidk.k. 



275. Conyza absinthifolia, D. C. "Zergul" or "Jarzme" (Pu) ; " Chota " 



(Hind). 



('. Plant in flower. 



276. Conyza gnaphalioides, H. B. K. ; Heterochaeta striata, Benth- 



"Monte Rucio." 

 o. Plant in flower, with root. 



Attached to this si>eciinen is a letter signed U.S., 17 .Jan., 186.J, in 

 which it is .stated tliat the writer was completely cured of a.>carides, by 

 an enema composed of a strong decoction of the "Monte Rucio," and he 

 considers it a powerful and safe anthelmintic. " It can he had in any 

 i|uantity in the Andes of the north of Peru, especially around AyalMica.' 



277. Erigeron canadense, L. 



('. Plant in flower. 



Railway Banks, Battersea ; 9 Sept., 1854. 



Tribe IV. Inuloidk.f. 



278. Blumea grandis, D. C. 



". Leafy twig. 



From F. H. Ewer ; Canton ; sent ;is the plant from which 



Ngai camphor is made ; 1873. 



279. Blumea oxyodonta, D. C. 



p, b, c. Flowering stem. 



Paris Exhibition, 1878. In the collection of drugs from 

 the Dutch East Indies. 



280. Inula Helenium, L. 



fi. Leaves only. 

 Xo locality given. 



281. [Iphiona rotundifolia, 0. & H.] (Oliver Fl. Trop. Africa, \ol. iii., 



p. 360). 

 (I. Leafy and flowering t^vigs. 



Somali Covuitry ; Capt. Plaj-fair ; received Dec, 1862. 

 This is tlie plant which yields most of the drug called l>y \'aughan 

 "Dagaboot" (more correctly "Gagaboot.") See Phar. .Jouni. (1), 

 vol. xii., p. 385. 



