31 



lG3. MUCUNA PRORIENS, D. C. 



a. Legumes. Presented by Messrs. Pigeon A Son. 



Note. Official in the Ind. Pharm., p. 78 ; formerly official in the 

 P. L. Cowhage consists of the hairs covering the legumes. Pharma- 

 cographia, p. 165. Bentley and Trimen, Mcd. Plantt, tab. 78. 



164. MYROXYLON PEREIR^:, Klotzsch. 



a. Fruit. For fig., see P. J. [1], vol. v., p. 282. 



b. Balsam obtained from the fruit. (Balsamo Blanco.) 



c. Ditto, in an earthenware jar, enclosed in matting. See 



ibid., p. 286. 



d. Myroxocarpine. 



Note. This is a crystalline substance obtained from balsamo bianco 

 by Dr. Stenhouse, and presented by him. P. J. [1] , vol. x., p. 290. 



e. Section of stem. 



/. Bark. Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plantt, No. 83. 



g. Balsam of Peru. 



h. Ditto, in small gourds. For fig., see P. J. [2] , vol v., p. 243. 



t. Ditto, ditto, open. 



Note. Two of Dr. Pereira's specimens of the balsam of Peru plant in 

 fruit are in the Herbarium of the Pharm. Society. See P. J. [1] , vol. 

 x., pp. 230-280. P. J. [2] , vol. v., pp. 241-315, for history of the drug ; 

 for chemistry of the bark, [2], vol. vi., p. 204; test of purity, [1], vol. 

 xii., p. 549. Prof. Baillon thinks that both balsam of tolu and 

 balsam of Peru are yielded by the same plant. P. J. [3] , vol. iv., p. 382. 



165. MYROXYLON TOLDIFERA, H. B. K. 



a. Balsam of tolu. 

 6. Ditto, in small gourds. 



c. An original tin. Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plant*, No. 84. 

 Note. For history of drug, see P. J. [2], vol. vi., p. 60; test of 

 purity, P. J. [1], vol. xii., p. 550; Pharmacographia, p. 177. 



166. PHTSOSTIQMA VENENOSCM, Balf. (Calabar Bean.) 



a. Seeds. 



b. Extract. 



Note. P. J. [2] , vol. iv., p. 659 ; vi., pp. 167-261 ; Pharmacographia, 

 p. 167 ; for physostigmine see P. J. [2] , vol. v., p. 619. For fig. of 

 plant see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 80. 



167. PTEROCARPUS ERINACEUS, Poiret. 



a. Flowers, preserved wet. P. J., xiv., 55. 

 6. African kino. 



Note. African kino is not now found in English commerce. Pharma- 

 cographia, p. 173. The tincture made from it is said not to gelatinize so 

 readily as that of Indian kino. 



168. PTEROCARPUS MARSDPIUM, Eoxb. 



a. Bark of the tree, from the Burmese Empire. 



b. East Indian kino. 



