MATERIA MED 1C A. 97 



from the collections of Buhse, Bunge, Bellew, Aitchison, 

 and other recent travellers in Persia and Afghanistan, 

 whilst GUM SAGAPENUM is not yet certainly ascer- 

 tained, but is believed to be from F. persica, Willd., or 

 F. Szowitsiana, DC.* 



GUM GALBANUM, an antispasmodic and stimulant 

 expectorant, reaching Russia via Astrachan and 

 Orenburg, but also obtained from Bombay and the 

 Levant, is apparently the product of the Persian 

 F.galbaniflua, Boissier and Buhse,f and F. rubricaulis, 

 Boiss., and of F. Scha'ir, Borszc, of Turkestan. 



GUM AMMONIACUM, a similar substance, shipped 

 from the Persian Gulf via Bombay, is the product of 

 Dorema Ammoniacum, Don,J D. Aucheri, Boiss., and, 

 in Africa, of Ferula tingitana, L.|| 



OPOPANAX, a gum-resin largely used in perfumery, 

 is attributed to Opopanax Chironium, Koch, a native 

 of the Mediterranean area. 



The distilled water of the fruits of DILL (Anttkum 

 graveolens, L.) and CORIANDER (Coriandrum sativum, 

 L.),^[ already referred to (pp. 65 and 66, supra), are 

 carminative, and those of CUMIN (Cuminum Cyminum, 

 L.)** are used to a considerable extent in veterinary 

 practice. 



RUBIACE^E. 



Uncaria Gambier, Roxburgh, the astringent extract 



* Kew Museum Guide,' p. 77. E. M. Holmes, ' Pharm. 

 Journ.,' 1888. 



f Bentley and Trimen, ii., pi. 128. J Ibid., pi. 131. 



Ibid., pi. 130. || 'Kew Museum Guide,' p. 75. 



Bentley and Trimen, ii., pi. 134. ** Ibid., pi. 134. 



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