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COMMERCIAL BOTANY. 



attention about 1835, and the alkaloid was further examined 

 in 1843. The supply of Greenheart bark to the English 

 market is very irregular. 



MATICO (Piper angustifoliuni). This is a shrub belong- 

 ing to the natural order Piperacese, native of Bolivia, Peru, 



BELLADONNA (A troy a Belladonna). 



Brazil, Venezuela, and New Granada. Matico, as seen in 

 commerce, consists of the broken and compressed leaves, 

 which are very thick and very rough on the surface ; they 

 have a pleasant, somewhat pungent odour, and a bitterish 

 aromatic taste. They are used, either softened in water or 

 reduced to a powder, to stop bleeding, and an infusion pre- 



