102 HAGENIA ABYSSINICA 



action. It is said to be effectual in destroying both kinds of tape- 

 worm, namely, the Ttenia solium and Bothriocephalus latus ; but 

 as it possesses little or no cathartic power, the subsequent 

 administration of a purgative is generally necessary to bring away 

 the destroyed entozoon. In Abyssinia, the drug, which is usually 

 administered in substance in large doses, has sometimes produced 

 alarming and even fatal results; and in this country its use 

 frequently causes nausea, and sometimes vomiting. It should be 

 taken early in the morning fasting ; and the last meal of the 

 previous evening should be slight. It is commonly given in 

 this country in the form of the unstrained infusion of the British 

 Pharmacopoeia. 



Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii, pt. 2, p. 296 ; Pharmacographia, p. 228 ; 

 U. S. Disp., by W. & B., p. 178 ; PL arm. JL, vol. x, 1st ser., 

 p. 15; Tear Book of Pharmacy for 1875, p. 19; Garr., Mat. 

 Med., p. 254 ; Per. Mat. Med., by B. & R, p. 823; Ph. JL, 

 vol. v, 3rd ser., p. 562. 



DESCRIPTION OP PLATE. 



Drawn from specimens in the British Museum, collected at Dendera, Abys- 

 sinia, by Schimper; the fruit added from Berg and Schmidt. 

 A panicle of male flowers with its subtending leaf. 



1. A male flower seen from above. 



2. A female flower, vertical section. 



3. Vertical section of fruit. 



4. Achene. 



5. Section of the same. 



(1, 2, 5 enlarged.) 



