45 BAROSMA BETULINA 



shorter than the other species, and from this circumstance they are 

 known in commerce as short buchu, or from their more usual shape, 

 they have been distinguished as obovate buchu. In the British 

 Pharmacopoeia they are briefly described as follows : About three 

 quarters of an inch long, coriaceous, obovate, with a recurved 

 truncated apex, and sharp cartilaginous spreading teeth. 



Medical Properties and Uses. Similar to the other species of 

 Barosma : they are described under B. crenulata. 



Per. Mat. Med., by B. & B., p. 888 ; Pharmacographia, p. 99 ; 

 U. S. Disp., by W. & B., p. 182; Royle's Mat. Med., by J. 

 Harley, p. 686; Proceed. Amer. Pharm. Assoc., 1863, p. 211. 



DESCRIPTION OP PLATE. 



Drawn from a Cape specimen in the British Museum, collected by Auge; 

 the seeds added from Berg and Schmidt. 



1. A flowering branch. 



2. A branch bearing a solitary fruit. 



3. Back view of a flower. 



4. Vertical section of same. 



5. Diagram of same (the petals should be imbricate). 



6. Inside view of a coccus after dehiscence, showing the seed surrounded by 



the separated inner wall. 



7. 8. Seed. 

 9. A leaf. 



(3, 4, 6, 8, 9 enlarged.) 



