85 



187. CERATONIA SILIQUA, L. 



a. Leaves and froit. (Carob beans, Locust beans, 8t. John's 

 bread.) 



Note. This specimen was presented by Mr. Squire. The pods have 

 been recommended for improving the voice. They have been imported 

 from Spain under the name of algarobo beans (see Prosopis pallida). 

 P. J. [1] , vol. iii., p. 79. The seed is said to have formed the original 

 carat of jewellers. Bentley, Man. Sot., p. 502. The pods are used in 

 the manufacture of cattle food. Treat. Dot. , p. 254. 



188. COPAIFERA MULTIJUOA, Hayne. 



a. Oleoresin, from Angostura. Presented by Dr. Christi- 



son. 



b. Ditto. (Balsam of Copaiba.) 



C. Viscid resin. Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. ii., pp, 367, 368. 



d. Copaivic acid. 



e. Volatile oil. 



Note. The specimen from Angostura is much darker coloured and 

 thicker than specimen 6, and is probably yielded by a different species. 

 For fig. of several species, see Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 365 ; for 

 solution of, P. J. [1] , vol. L, p. 655 ; for pills, P. J. [1] , vol. iii., p. 66 ; 



[2], vol. vii., p. 326; for cohesion figures, P. J. [2], vol. v., p. 387; 

 variety of, P. J. [1] , vol. viii., p. 581. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and 



Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 93. 



189. COPAIFEEA TRAPEZIFOLIA, Hayne. 



a. Oleoresin. 



b. Section of trunk. 



Note. The specimen a is labelled thus : " Taken by myself, as also the 

 accompanying specimen of the wood bark and leaves of the same, cut 

 down for the purpose, July, 1843, near the plantation of Santa Maria, in 

 the district of MacahS. Thos. B. Goodbarn." Specimen a is the one 

 alluded to in P. <7. [1] , vol. vi., p. -14. 



190. DALBEROIA ARBOREA, Willd. ; PONGAMIA GLABRA, Vent. 



a. Fixed oil. (Poonga Oil.) 



Note. The oil is highly esteemed by the natives of India as a remedy 

 in skin diseases. Ind. Pharm., p. 79 ; Journ. Agri. Hort. Soe. of India, 

 vol. x., pt. ii., p. 223, 1851 ; for legumes and seeds, see Collection of 

 Indian Drugs. A specimen of the -plant is in the Herbarium of the Society. 



191. ERYTHROPHIXEOM GUINEENSE, Don. (Sassy Bark Tree.) 



a. Legume and twigs. 



b. Flowers, portion stem, and leaves preserved wet. 



c. Bark. 



Note. The bark is used as an ordeal poison in West Africa. These 

 specimens were presented by Mr. W. Procter, jun., to whom they were 

 forwarded by Dr. S. F. McGill from Cape Palmas, Liberia. Am. Journ. 

 Pharm., October, 1851, pp. 301-311; July, 1852, pp. 196-202; P. ,7., vol. 

 rvi., pp. 233-373. 



