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also the inflammation and irritability of the bladder. It may be 

 combined with nitric acid or an alkali, according to the state of 

 the urine, and some tincture of henbane may be also added. It 

 has likewise been regarded as a very useful remedy in cystirrhcea, 

 catarrhal affections of the bladder, and chronic pyelitis. Great 

 difference of opinion, however, exists among practitioners as to the 

 value of Pareira Brava, much of which is probably due to the 

 varying character of the drug, but now that the genuine root may 

 be obtained, it is hoped that its merits will be properly tested. 

 It was at one time regarded as a valuable lithontriptic. In Brazil 

 it is employed in the cure of the bites of venomous serpents. 



Pharmacographia, p. 25 ; Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii, pt. 2, p. 672 ; 

 TL S. Disp., by W. & B., p. 660; Prout, On Stomach and Renal 

 Diseases, p. 392 ; Fliickiger, in Pharm. Journ., vol. xi, 2 ser., 

 p. 192 ; Brodie, Diseases of the Urinary Organs, 3rd ed., p. 109 ; 

 Wiggers, Ann. Ch. Pharm., xxviii, p. 29 ; Hanbury, in Pharm. 

 Journ., vol. iv, 3rd ser., pp. 81 and 102. 



DESCRIPTION OP PLATE. 



The flowering branch from a specimen in the British Museum, collected 

 in Peru by Pavon ; the fruit from a specimen in the Museum of the Pharma- 

 ceutical Society, collected near Rio by Mr. Peckolt ; the root from a specimen 

 in the Sloane Collection in the British Museum. 



1. A flowering male branch. 



2. Section of male flower. 



3. Portion of a bunch of fruit. 



4. Diagram of a fruit with its six drupes developed. 



5. A single drupe. 



6. Vertical section of the same. 



7. Under surface of a leaf. 



8. Section of root. 



(2 magnified.) 



