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53. GOSSYPIUM HEBBACEt-M, L. (Cotton Tree.) 



n. Capsules, seeds, and cotton. Bentley, Man. Dot., p. 485. 



b. Oil expressed from the seeds. P./. [2], TO!, iii., p. 80; 



[8] , vol. ii., p. 867. 



c. Cotton-seed cake. P. J. [2] , vol. iii., p. 485. 



Note. The root bark is official in the United States Pharmacopeia, 

 and is used as a safe parturient and emmenagogue. Wood and Bache, 

 p. 432, 12th ed. The oil of the seeds is used to adulterate olive oil, 

 to which it imparts its drying quality. P. J. [2] , vol. vii., p. 226. 

 For difference between cotton and linen fibre, see P. J. [1] , vol. iii., 

 p. 851 ; [1] , vol. x., p. 243 ; and for fig., P. J. [8], vol. i., p. 353. For 

 alkaline compounds, see P. J. [1] , vol. xi., p. 429. For fig. of cotton 

 plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 87. 



54. MALTA SYLVESTRIS, L. (Common Mallow.) 



a. Flowers. 



b. Boot, preserved wet. 



Note. The tincture or infusion of the flowers serves as a test for acids 

 and alkalies like litmus. The root and herb are sometimes substituted 

 for those of Althaea officinalis. 



STERCULIACE^E. 



55. ADANSONIA DIGITATA, L. (Baobab Tree, Ethiopian Sour Gourd, 



Monkey Bread.) 

 t o. Section of stem. 



b. Fruit. 



Note. The fibres of the stem are made into ropes. The juice of the 

 fruit is acidulous, and is used in Africa as a specific for putrid fevers. 

 Treat. Bot., p. 17. 



56. STEECULIA ACCMINATA, L. 



a. Fruit. (Kola Nuts.) Presented by Dr. Daniell. 

 Note. The seeds are remarkable for containing theine. In Congo 

 (West Africa) it is known under the name of Makasso. It is the Guru 

 nut of Soudan. It is also used by the natives in diarrhoea and affections 

 of the liver, as well as a beverage. See P. J. [2] , vol. vi., pp. 450-457. 

 Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 439. 



57. STEECULIA TRAGACANTHA, LINDL. (African Tragacanth.) 



a. Gum. 



Note. This gum contains bassorin, and swells up in water like 

 tragacanth. P. J. [1] , vol. xv., p. 58. Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 439. 



BYTTNERIACE^E. 



58. THEOBROMA CACAO, L. (Cocoa Tree.) 



a. Fruit. 



b. Seeds. 



c. Concrete oil, expressed from the seeds. (Cacao butter.) 



d. Ditto, in flattened cakes. 



Note. This tree must not be confounded with the tree which \i. Y 

 the cocoa-nut, and which belongs to the Palmacero. Vide Cocoa nucifera. 

 Specimen c was prepared by Mr. H. B, Brady. See Bentley and Trimen, 

 Med. Plants, tab. 38. 



