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70. SAPINDUS SAPONARIA,.L. (W. Indian Soap Tree, Black Nicker Tree.} 

 a. Root. Presented by Mr. Edwards. 

 l>. Fruit. (/Soap Berries.) 

 c. Seeds. 



Note. The pericaCrps contain saponin, and are used in the W. Indies 

 by laundresses. They are said to be as efficacious as sixty times their 

 weight of soap. See P. J. [1] , vol. vii., p. 225. The seeds are from 

 the International Exhibition of 1851, and are contributed by Mr. Geo. 

 Boss, of Euimveld River, Demerara, where they are used for necklaces, 

 bracelets, and other ornaments. 



POLYGALACE^}. 



71. POLTGALA SENEGA, L. 



a. Root. See Bentley and Trimen, Ned. Plants, tab. 29. 

 Note. Easily distinguished from other roots by the keel which pro- 

 jects from the concave side of the root. Pharmacographia, p. 72. For 

 micr. section, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 8. See Panax quinquefolium. 



KRAMERIACE^}. 



72. KBAMERIA TRIANDRA, B. et P. 



a. Root. (Peruvian or Payta Bhatany.) 

 &. Ditto. Fine specimen. 



c. Extract. P. J. [1], vol. iii., p. 82. 



d. Ditto. " Thought by Guibourt to be the product of 



some species of acacia of S. America, of which an 

 account was published in the Journal de Pharmade." 



Note. The extract is said to be extensively used to give astringency 

 and colour to artificial port wine. Pharmacographia, p. 74. For fig. of 

 root, see Goebel und Kunze, pt. ii., taf. iv., fig. 2. 



73. KRAMERIA TOMENTOSA, St. Hilaire. (K. Ixina /3. granatensis, Triana.*) 



a. Root. (Savanilla, or New Granada Bhatany.) 

 I. Ditto. A commercial specimen. 



Note. This rhatany generally occurs in short pieces, on account of 

 being very brittle when fresh. Its pale purplish hue when seen in mass, 

 smooth surface, and transverse cracks, as well as the thickness of the 

 bark of the root, distinguish it from Peruvian rhatany. It is said to be 

 more astringent than the latter. See P. J. [1] , vol. xi., p. 420 ; [2] , 

 vol. vi., p. 460. Botanische Zeitung, Oct. and Nov., 1856. For Para 

 Rhatany, see P. J. [3] , vol. i., p. 84 ; [3] , vol. vi., p. 21. For fig. of K. 

 triandra and K. Ixina, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tabs. 30, 31. 



ACERACE^E. 



74. ACER SACCHARINUM, L. (Sugar Maple.) 



a. Crude juice. See P. 7. [1], vol. xi., p. 115. 

 6. Maple sugar. See P. J. -[1] , vol. xvii., p. 324. 



