bladder) ; also in hsematuria, calculus, and in suppuration 

 of the vesica, urethra, and prostrate gland. By increasing 

 the secretion of urine, they impart to it their peculiar 

 smell. They have also been given in dropsy ;— in fine, 

 in all those cachectic and hydropical complaints, arising 

 from suppression of the perspiration or urine. As a sti- 

 mulant to the stomach, some practitioners have used the 

 bucchu leaves in indigestion ; a sensation of warmth has 

 accordingly been produced in that organ, and the appetite 

 increased. 



A bath of the bucchu leaves is of service in rheumatism, 

 and the Bucchu vinegar, as also the Bucchu brandy, are 

 excellent embrocations in rheumatic pains, luxations, sugil- 

 lations, sprains, and contusions. 



In trade, this valuable drug is often adulterated by the 

 substitution of less powerful sorts of the same family of 

 plants, which, although of a similar smell, are by no 

 means equal to it in their therapeutical effects. One of 

 these plants is the Diosma (Barosma) serratifoUa. Lodd,, 

 a species common in the district of Swellendam, and 

 another, the Empleurum serrulatum. Sol, easily distin- 

 guished by its linear-lanceolate, serrated leaves. 



The true Diosma crenata is a native of the mountains 

 of Hottentot's Holland, Stellenbosch, Drakenstein, Tul- 

 bagh, and Worcester. 



FAGAKASTRUM. Don. 



i^XanthoxylecB.) 

 VIII. 1. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. LIN. SYST. 



18. Fagarastrum capense. Don. A shrub, about 

 6 feet high. Branches compressed, flexuous, wrinkled, 

 prickly. Prickles flat, sharp-pointed. Leaves alternate, 

 impari-pinnate ; pinnce ovate, blunt, erect, sessile, 

 smooth, slightly crenate. Flowers small, paniculated. 

 Capsule dotted ; seeds black, shining. 



Found in the bush near Mossel Bay, and in the forests 

 of the district of George, as also in those of Uitenhage and 

 Albany. The fruit is known to the colonists as the wild 

 Cardamom, and, on account of its aromatic qualities, pre- 

 scribed for flatulency and paralysis. 



