Ill 



AQUILARIACE^E. 



448. AQUILARIA AGALLOCHA, Roxb. 



a. Wood. (Lign Aloes Wood.) 



Note. This wood is supposed to be the aloes of Scripture. It has an 

 odour faintly resembling that of patchouli. See Pharmacographia, 

 p. 616; Bentley's Man., p. 609. It has been used in gout and rheumatism. 

 Lindley, Flor. Med., p. 327. 



PEN^EACE^J. 



449. PENJEA SARCOCOLLA, L. 



a. Gum. (Gum Sarcocol.) 



Note. This substance was formerly used for healing wounds, hence 

 its name. The taste is sweet, with a decided bitterness. It is said to 

 have been brought from Arabia. See Pomefs History of Drugs, 3rd ed., 

 p. 198; Treat. Bot., p. 1020 ; Hist, des Drog., vol. ii., p. 687. Sarcocolline 

 is a substance sui generis, intermediate between sugar and gum. 



LAURACE^E. 



450. ACRODICLIDIUM CiMARA, R. Schomb. 



a. Seed. (Ackawa, Camara Nutmeg, Buck Nutmeg.) 



Note. This seed comes from British Guiana, and is used by the 

 Indians as a substitute for nutmegs. See Bentley's Man., p. 611. The 

 seed is turnip shaped, and consists of two cotyledons, each of which is 

 as large as two nutmegs ; the taste is between that of nutmeg and citron 

 peel. 



451. CAMPUORA OFFICINARUM, C. Bank; CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA, 



Fr. Nees et Eberm. 



a. Stearoptene. (Cnide' Camphor.) 



b. Ditto. (Refined Camphor.) 



t c. Ditto. (Do. a " bell " of camphor.) 

 t d. Ditto. Ditto. Presented by Messrs. Atkinson & Co., 

 May, 1875. 



e. Camphor oil, from Formosa. 



/. Ditto, with feathery crystals of camphor in it. 



Note. Specimen e came from Formosa, per ship Nestor, and was 

 presented by Messrs. Hodgkinson & Go. The camphor oil drains out 

 of the vats or tubs in which the crude camphor is packed before exporta- 

 tion. It is used by the Chinese for rheumatism. See Pharmacographia, 

 pp. 461, 465. Oil of Camphor of Borneo is derived from Dryobalauops 

 aromatica, Gaertn., and is found in reservoirs in the trunk of the tree. 

 See I. c., p. 465. The Formosa oil is distinguished by its peculiar 

 odour, which resembles that of nutmeg or sassafras. For fig. of plant, 

 see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 222. 



