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469. HOMULUS LUPULUS, L. 



a. Strobiles. 



b. Fruits. 



c. Lupulinc, or Inpnlinic glands. 



Note. Lupuline consists of the glands which cover the fruit, etc. It 

 must not be confounded with lupulite, the bitter principle of the hop. 

 See Royle, Mat. Med., p. 636 ; Pharmacographia, p. 495 ; Per. Mat. 

 Med., vol. ii., pt. i., p. 375; and for fig. of lupulinic glands, Berg, Anat. 

 Allot, taf. 49. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 230. 



HORACES. 



470. DOESTENIA BRASILIKNSIS, L. (Eayapid, Carapid.) 



a. Root. (Contrayerva Boot.) 



Note. The root was formerly used in this country as a stimulant, 

 tonic, and diaphoretic, but it is now obsolete. The inflorescence is 

 remarkable as affording an instance of an open hypanthodium. See Per. 

 Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. i., p. 381, fig. 165. For fig. of the root, see Ooebf.l 

 und Kunze, pt. ii., taf. vii. 



ARTOCARPACE^E. 



471. ANTIARIS TOXICARIA, Lesch. (Upas Tree, or Antiar.) 



a. Upas poison. 



Note. This specimen was sent by Mr. J. Christie, merchant in Java, 

 to Mr. J. Bowerbank, about the year 1816. This poison is said to render 

 the heart insensible to the stimulus of the blood. See Per. Mat. Med., 

 vol. ii., pt. i., p. 383. 



EUPHORBIACE^E. 



472. AI.EDRITES AMBINUX, Pers. (Belgaum, or Indian Walnut, 



Candleberry Tree, Bankoul Nut.) 



a. Seeds. Presented by Mr. J. Reeves. 



Note. The oil of the seed, known in Ceylon as Kekune oil, is said to 

 be as mild in its action as castor oil, and to have the advantage of being 

 more fluid, and without taste or smell. P. J. [2] , vol. ii., p. 42 ; Pharm. 

 Ind., p. 203. The oil is occasionally imported, and is known as artist's 

 oil or country walnut oil. Treat. Bot., p. 36. 



473. ANDA BRASILIENSIS, Eaddi. (Anda-a^u, Indaya^u, Purga de 



Qentio, Cocco de Purga, Purga dos Paulistas, Fruit a 



d'Arara.) 



a. Fruit. 



6. Fixed oil. 



Note. The oil has been found to be moderately purgative in doses of 

 twenty drops. See Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. i., p. 428. For fig. of 

 fruit, see Hist, des Drog., vol. ii., p. 360. 



474. CNEORUM TRICOCCON, L. (Widow-wale.) 



a. Leaves and twigs. Presented by Mr. McCulloch. 

 Note. This plant is stated by C. Banhin to be the Mezereon of 

 Avicenna. The leaves much resemble those of the olive-tree. See 

 Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. i., p. 477. 



