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A portion of a letter from Dr. Boweii, dated March, 

 1864, is attached to this specimen, and is as follows : — • 



" Huanarpo :— from near Huaras, on the road from Casina (the port); 

 glows at an altitude of 4000 to 6(HX» feet al>ove the level of the sea. Il 

 also grows in many other places on the coa.«t of Peru, at the same 

 altitude in the 'Quehradas' (raWnes or gullies), on the west slope 

 of the Andes." 



A letter from Dr. J. D. Hooker is also attached to the sheet, dated 

 Kew, 26 Feb., 1864, in which he refers the plant to Jatropha 2>odiig>ica, 

 Hook., Bot. Mag., p. 4736, and states that the gentlemen who sent it to 

 him are anxious to have some preparations made of the drug. 



481. Jatropha podagrica, Hook. (? Jatropha nudicaulis, Dr. Dorat.) 



('. Plant in tiuwei-. 



"Ruil^arbo bianco," Dr. G. J>orat, Sonsonate, State of 

 Salvador; Oct., 1860. 



" The bulb-shaped base of the stem, dried at the fire, and then ground, 

 is used as a purgative." See Bot. Mag., No. 4376. 



482. [Jatropha urens, L.] (Cnidoscolus quinquelobus, Pohl.) 



a. Leaves and imperfect tiowors. 



No. 30. " Urtiga branca " Santarem, Para, Brazil ; 



H. W. Bates ; 185.3. 



" An arborescent nettle, with small white Howers. The decoction of 



the root is a mucli esteemed and ettecti\e remedy, being taken internally 



in bloody llu.x. It has been known to stop the dlsea-se in a forward 



state when all other remedies had failed." 



" A moderate-sized root yields a teacnpful of the decoction, which is 

 the usual dose." — H. W. B. 



483. [Mallotus Philippinensis], MuU. ; Eottlera tinctoria, Roxb. 



(/. Twigs, wth female inflorescence. 

 h. Twig, with female inflorescence. 



c. Twigs, with female inflorescence, and mature fruits. 



d. Ditto, and detached fruits. 



From a tree cultivated in the Royal Botanical Garden, 

 Calcutta ; collected 25 Jan., 1868, by Dr. T. 

 Anderson. 



484. Omphalea [oleifera, Hemsl.] " Tambor." 



((. Leaf and iiitlurescence. 



Sonsonat6 ; Dr. C. Dorat ; August, 1863. 

 " Tambor : — the fruit about the size of a pear, containing three beans, 

 jet black, and by pressure yielding a very fine oil in large iiuantit}-, 

 rather jileasant to the taste, and resembling Castor oil in its jiurgativc 

 efiect, with the ad\antage that it iloes not gripe." 



