93 



:;'.!-. HOI.AKUIIKNA Avm>ysKNiri:icA, continued. 



The seeds are from the Exhibition of 1851. They are of the size of oats, 

 of a brown oolonr, with one longitudinal furrow, and have an extremely 

 bitter taste. They have been used to allay vomiting in cholera and also 

 for cattle plague. See Ind. l'hnrm.,p. 138. For Wrightino or Conessine, 

 an alkaloid contained in both bark and seeds, see P. J. [2], vol. v., p. 493 ; 

 [2], vol. vi., p. 432. 



LOGANIACE^E. 



365. SPIGELIA MARILANDICA, L. (Carolina Pink, Worm Grass.) 



a. Herb. (Indian Pink Root.) 



b. Root. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, No. 180. 



ffote. Indian Pink root, as met with in English commerce, usually 

 consists of the whole herb, with root attached. In the United States, 

 the root only appears to be used. It much resembles serpentary root 

 but is smaller, more furrowed, and without the peculiar odour of serpen- 

 tary. From arnica it differs in taste, and in the rootlets being closer 

 together. It is official in the U. 8. Pharmacopoeia. Besides its vermi- 

 fuge property, it has a stimulant action on the heart and arteries. Phar- 

 macographia, p. 389; Wood and Bache, p. 799. 



366. STRYCHNOS IQNATII, Bergius. 



a. Seeds. (St. Ignatius Beans.) 



Note. These seeds contain three times as much strychnia as iiux 

 vomica seeds. Very little is known concerning the plant itself. Pharma- 

 cographia, p. 387. See Leu-sung-kwo, in the collection of Chinese 

 Materia Medica. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, 

 tab. 179. " 



367. STRYCHNOS CINNAMOMIFOLIA, Thw. (?) 



a. Section of small trunk. 



Note. This specimen is labelled in Dr. Pereira's handwriting, l< Strych- 

 nos inermis, a creeper producing a species of nux vomica, Ceylon." 



There is no species with the above name described in the Enum. Plant. 

 Zeylan, p. 201. 



368. STRYCHNOS Nux VOMICA, L. 



a. Bark. For fig. see Goeiel und Kunze, pt. i., taf. ii., fig. 6-7. 



b._ Ditto. Presented by Dr. Shaughnessy. 



C. Ditto. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 178. 

 Note. Specimen c was picked out of a sample of August ura bark in 

 Dublin, by Dr. Neligan, and was sent by him to Dr. Pereira. The letter 

 which accompanied the specimen is enclosed with it in the glass jar. 



d. Section of stem. 



e. Fruit. 



/. Ditto, preserved wet. 



g. Seeds. For micr. section, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 47. 

 Note. Some specimens of the bark much resemble Cusparia bark. Its 

 transverse fracture, however, does not present the white specks present 

 in Cusparia bark ; and nitric acid turns it bright red, instead of dull n . i -.-. 

 with Cusparia bark. Nux Vomica bark contains brncia, but not strychnia. 

 Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. i., p. 638. See P. J. [3] , vol. v., p. 7. 

 fig. of bark, see Goebel und Kunze, pt. i., taf. ii., figs. 5, 6, 7. 



