230 NOTES ON CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA. 



1860-ea. namely 176 F., and its solidifying point 172'4 F. Its composi- 

 tion is C^ H 6 4 . 



The fruits of Zantlwxylum alatum are used in China as well 

 Fagaraminor. as in India as a condiment. The Fagara or Fagara minor of 

 the old pharmacologists x is probably referable to this species. 



S iji ? Pih-tseih-le ; Carpels of Tribulus terrestris, L. 

 (Zygophylleoe) ; Pe-ci%-li, Cleyer, Med. Simp., No. 28 ; Pun-tsaou t 

 Fig. 322. These little spiny carpels have slightly astringent 

 properties. Loureiro states that they are beneficial in hcemor- 

 rhagia narium and in dysentery ; also as the basis of a gargle 

 in tenderness of the gums, and in ulcers and inflammation of 

 the mouth and throat. 



The herb was formerly official in Europe, but is now obsolete. 



EJ _BL Pa-tow ; Fruits of Croton Tiglium, Lam. (Eupliorbi- 

 acece) ; Pa-teu, Cleyer, Med. Simp., No. 224. 



The seeds, from their drastic purgative properties, are regarded 

 by the Chinese as extremely poisonous. 



Strychnos ^ |pt Leu-sung-favo ; Seeds of Strychnos Ignatia, Juss. 



Ignatia. (Logawiaceoe) ; Saint Ignatius's Beans. These well-known seeds 

 are imported from the Philippines, in the Bisayas provinces of 

 which islands the tree which affords them is stated by Blanco, 

 the author of the Flora de Filipinas, to be common. But 

 neither this botanist nor any other has been able, that I am 

 aware of, to procure complete specimens of the tree, so that it 

 is as yet undescribed. 



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Muricia Co- ?N ^g ^ Muh-pe%-tsze, also called Fan-muh pe% ; Seeds of 

 chinchinensis. ^i^ricia Cochinchinensis, Lour. ( Curcurbitacece) ; Pun-tsaou, 

 Fig. 387 and 386 ; M8-pet-cu, No. 188, Cleyer. Orbicular or 

 obscurely triangular compressed seeds (Fig. 2), tubercled at the 

 margin, and having a dark brown, fragile, rugose testa, fre- 

 quently marked with depressed reticulations ; in diameter they 

 vary from J to IJ-inch. The yellow cotyledons within are 

 extremely oily. 



1 Vide Dale, Pharmacologies Suppl., Lond., 1705, p. 298 ; also Chabrseus, 

 Stirpium Sciagraphia, Genev., 1677, p. 26. 



