184 ECONOMIC BOTANY. 



i87i. INQUIRIES RELATING TO PHARMACOLOGY AND 



ECONOMIC BOTANY. 



(Botanische Fragen und Desiderata.} 



BY PROFESSOR OLIVER, AND DANIEL HANBURY. 



Extracts from the Admiralty Manual of Scientific Inquiry. 



ASIA MINOR, ARMENIA, AND PERSIA. 



GUM TRAGACANTH, vide page 175. 



STORAX, vide page 175. 



SALEP, vide page 176. 



LARCH AGARIC (Polyporus officinalis, Fries). This fungus now 

 comes from Northern Russia, where it grows on the steins of 

 Larir, sibirica, Ledeb. During the middle ages it was exported 

 from Asia Minor ; and in the Paris Exhibition specimens from 

 this region, that is to say, from the Gulf of Adalia, were ex- 

 hibited. What is the tree from which this Asiatic Agaric is 

 obtained ? 



ASSAFCETIDA, vide page 176. 



SAGAPENUM, vide page 176. 



GALBANUM, vide page 177. 



OPOPANAX, vide page 177. 



AFRICA. WEST COAST. 



COPAL, vide page 173. 



GRAINS OF PARADISE, vide page 173. 



AFRICAN TURMERIC is said to be the rhizome of Canna speciosa, 

 Rose., but further investigation is desirable. Living roots might 

 easily be procured at Sierra Leone, and sent to England for cul- 

 tivation. 



AFRICAN MA.MMEE (Ochrocarpus africanus, Oliv.), native of 

 Sierra Leone and Prince's Island. Specimens of the tree, and 

 (in alcohol) of the fruits, which are as large as an orange, are 

 requested. 



