13. ILLICIUM ANISATUM, Loureiro. (Star Anise.) 



a. Fruit. For micr. section, vide Berg, Anat. Allot, taf. 41. 



b. Essential Oil. (Oleum Badiani.) 



Note. The essential oil resides in the pericarp only. It is distin- 

 guished from that of aniseed by not congealing at 50 3 F., but at 34 F. 

 Pharmacogr aphia, p. 20. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. 

 Plants, tab. 10. 



14. LlRIODENDBON TDLIPI1TERA, L. (Tulip Tree.) 



a. Bark. 



Note. Official in the secondary list of the United States Pharma- 

 copoeia. It is a stimulant, tonic, and diaphoretic. It is apt to deteriorate 

 by keeping. Wood and Bache, Dispens., p. 517. 



15. MAGNOLIA GLAUCA, L. (Swamp Sassafras. Beaver Tree.) 



a. Bark. 



Note. It possesses similar properties to those of Liriodendron, and 

 also deteriorates by keeping. Wood and Bache, Dispens., p. 528. 



16. MAGNOLIA TEIPETALA, L. (Umbrella Tree.) 



a. Fruit. 



Note. The fruit is interesting on account of the very long stalk or 

 funiculus by which the seed remains suspended for some time after the 

 fruit has dehisced. Treas. Bot., p. 710. 



17. TASMANNIA AROMATICA, R. Br. (Australian Pepper.) 



a. Fruit. 



Note. Used in New Holland as a substitute for pepper. Treas. Bot., 

 p. 1125. P. J. [1] , vol. xv., p. 115. 



ANONACE^E. 



18. MONODORA MYRISTICA, Gaert. 



a. Fruit. 



Note. The seeds are known as Jamaica, American, or Calabash 

 nutmegs, and possess the properties and in some degree the flavour of 

 nutmegs. Treas. Bot., p. 752. 



19. XTLOPIA ^ETHIOPICA, A. Rich. (Habzelia) 



a. Fruit. (Ethiopian Pepper.) 



b. Fruit, preserved wet. 



Note. Used by the natives of West Africa as an aromatic stimulant 

 and also as an anthelmintic. P. J. [1] , vol. xiv., p. 112. For figure, see 

 Hist, des Drag., vol. iii., p. 736, 1869. 



20. XYLOPIA GLABRA, L. (The Bitter Wood of the West Indies.) 



a. Wood. 

 Note. The wood possesses tonic properties. Treas. Bot., p. 1242. 



MENISPEBMACE^E. 



21. ABDTA RUFESCENS, Aublet. (White Pareira Brava, Parreira Brava 



Grande, Abutua.) 



a. Root and stem. 



b. Flat specimen of the root. 



Note. This may be known from the genuine Pareira Brava by the 



