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ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS. 



the British Pharmacopoeia, or in the U. S. Dispensatory. Descrip- 

 tions are given of it, however, in Bentley and Trimen's Medical 

 Plants, No. 173 ; in Fliickiger and Hanbury's Pharmacographia, 

 page 421 (new edition), and in the National Dispensatory, page 140. 

 There is a large tree of Alstonia Scholaris growing now in the 

 royal gardens of Kew. 



Fig. J. Cross Section of Dita Bark. a, Outer Bark, b, Middle 

 , Bark, c, Inner Bark, f, Crystalls. e, Stone Cells, g, Oil 

 Glands. ;;/, Medullary Rays. x?o diameters. 



