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AQUIFOLIACE^B. 



351. ILEX PARAGDAYENSIS, St. Hil. 



a. Leaves, first quality. (Mate or Paraguay Tea.) 

 6. Leaves and twigs in powder, second quality, 

 c. Ditto. 



Note. Specimens a and b were presented by Mr. George Fielding, who 

 states that mate is used in Brazil in the powdered state as specimens 6 

 and c, and in Paraguay the leaves as specimen a. It is remarkable for 

 containing theine. Mate 1 is used medicinally as a diuretic and diapho- 

 retic, but its chief use is as a refreshing beverage like tea. Treas. Bot., 

 p. 618 ; Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 564. 



352. PRINOS VERTICILLATDS, L. (Black Alder, Winter Berry.) 



a. Bark. 



&. Leaves and berries. 



Note. The bark is official in the secondary list of the United States 

 Pharmacopoeia. It is used as an alterative tonic and astringent in jaun- 

 dice, diarrhoea, and other diseases attended with great weakness, also as 

 a lotion for gangrene. The berries are tonic and emetic. Wood and 

 Bache, p. 677. In this country, Rhamnus Frangula is known as Black 

 Alder. 



SAPOTACE^E. 



353. ISONANDRA GUTTA, HooJc. 



a. Gutta percha. 



Note. This specimen came from Singapore, and was presented by 

 Dr. Boyle. See P. J. [1] , vol. v., p/510 ; [1], vol. vi., p. 377 ; [1], vol. 

 vii.,p. 180; [1], vol. x. p. 546; [l],vol. xi., p. 575 ; Bentley and Redwood, 

 Mat. Med., Appendix, p. 1074. For solution of, see P. J. [1] , vol. xvi., 

 p. 142 ; [2] , vol. iii., p. 44. For other varieties, P. J. [2] , vol. vi., 

 p. 490. For decay of, P. J. [1] , vol. ii., p. 178. See Bentley and Trimen, 

 Med. Plants, tab. 167. 



354. ARGANIA SIDEROXTLON, JR. et Sch. 



a. Fruit. 



Note. This specimen is from Morocco, and was presented by Dr. 

 Hooker. The fruit is a drupe of the size of a plum, and contains a 

 smooth stone of the size of an acorn, marked with three longitudinal lines. 

 The kernels yield a sweet oil which is used in Morocco as a substitute for 

 olive oil. See Journ. Bot., 1854, p. 97, and for fig. of fruit pi. iv. ; P. J. 

 [3] , vol. iii., p. 623. 



STYEACE^E. 



355. STYRAX BENZOIN, Dry. 



a. Fruit. Presented by Mr. D. Hanbury. 



b. Balsamic resin, in the tear. (Siam Benzoin.) 



Note. Specimen b is from Siam, and was presented to Dr. Pereira by 

 Mr. Noakes in March, 1836. 



c. " Yellow Benzoin, in the tear." 



Note. This specimen is the kind alluded to by Pereira in vol. ii., 

 pt. i., p. 684. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 169. 



