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specimens of the ordeal poison of Madagascar Tanghi- 

 nia .venenifera, Dv Parker would probably have 

 something to say, and he need therefore merely call 

 attention to their presence on the table. Then there 

 was a remedy called Landemo used by the natives in 

 malarious diseases. He would be glad to know from 

 Dr Parker whether this drug was really valuable. It 

 had been identified by Mr Baker as a new species, 

 Anthocleista madagascariensis, and an account of the 

 plant would, he believed, be published in the Journal 

 of Botany. The seeds of Curcas purgans were labelled 

 " haemostatic." He would be glad to know if the seeds 

 were used for this purpose or whether the juice of the 

 plant only was employed. He remembered reading in 

 the PharmaceuticalJoumal, vol. v., (2), p. 1030, that 

 the juice of the plant was employed with considerable 

 success for that purpose in India by Mr Udoy Chund 

 Dutt. The vermifuge called by the Malagasy name 

 of " Taimborontsiloza " (Chenopodium ambrosioides) 

 was well known as an anthelmintic remedy in Brazil. 

 Besides the Malagasy drugs there were also upon the 

 table some other specimens worthy of attention, 

 Among these were some remarkably fine specimens of 

 several varieties of Bolivian calisaya bark, including 

 the Zamba moroda, morada, and verde varieties. 

 These were exhibited by Messrs. Christy and Co., and 

 specimens of barks and of the seeds, which were also 

 being imported, were promised to the museum as soon 

 as large parcels had arrived. The Zamba morada wa 



