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234. FEUILLEA CORDIFOHA, L. (Antidote Cocoons, Sequa, AviU-i.) 



a. Seeds. Presented by Mr. Dillon. 



Note. The seeds are purgative and emetic, and have an intensely 

 bitter taste. They are used by the negroes in Jamaica as an antidote to 

 poisons. Treas. Dot., p. 491. The oil expressed from the seeds is used 

 as a remedy for rheumatism.' The tincture of the seeds is used to 

 counteract the effects of eating poisonous fish. P. J. [1], vol. v., p. 33 ; 

 [2] , vol. iv., p. 198. 



235. LAGENARIA VULGARIS, Ser. (Bottle Gourd, Cabacoj Cocombro, 



Abobara do Carneiro.) 

 a. Fruit. 



Note. The pulp possesses cathartic properties. The fruit is called 

 the bottle gourd from its shape. See Mart. Syst. Mat. Med. Drat., p. 81. 



236. LUFPA JEGYPTIACA, Dec. (Towel Gourd.) 



a. Fruit, deprived of the soft parts. 



Note. The ligneous network of the fruit, split open, is used as a flesh 

 brush. Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 522. 



237. LUFFAP URGANS, Mart.; MOMORDICA LuFFA, L. (South Ameri- 



can Colocynth, Buchu, Buchinha, Cabacinho.) 

 a. Fruit and tincture. 



Note. The extract is used in Brazil as a substitute for colocynth, and 

 acts effectually in a dose of three grains. P. J. [1] t vol. v., p. 669 ; vol. 

 iv., p. 466; Bentley, Man. Bet., p. 522. 



CACTACE.E. 



238. OPUNTIA COCCINELLIFERA, L. (Indian Fig, Prickly Pear.) 



a. Gum. (Oomme de Nopal.) 



Note. This specimen came from Mexico, and was presented by Dr. 

 Lindley. It is insoluble in water and contains crystals of oxalate of cal- 

 cium. Hist, des Drag., vol. iii., pp. 254, 453. 



MYRTACE^E. 



TRIBE SEPTOSPERJLE. 



239. CARYOPHYLLUS AROMATICDS, L.; EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLATA, TJiunb. 



a. Leaves and flower-buds, preserved wet. 



b. Unripe fruit, ditto. (MotJier Gloves.) 



c. Flower-buds. (Amboyna Cloves.) 



d. Ditto. (Bencoolen Cloves.) 



e. Ditto. (Bourbon Cloves.) 



f. Ditto. (Malabar Cloves.) 



g. Ditto. (Zanzibar Cloves.) 



Note. Mother cloves contain large starch granules, by which their 

 presence may be detected if present in powdered cloves. Clove stalks are 

 imported into this country, and used for adulterating powdered cloves. 

 They may be detected by containing thick-walled cells, which are not 

 present in cloves. Pharmacographia, p. 255. For Caryophyllin, see 

 P. J. [1] , vol. x., p. 343 ; for percentage of oil, P. J. [1] , vol., xi., p. 470. 

 For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 112. 



