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Eujmtoria, L.), Salad Burnet (Poterium Sanguisorha^ L.). CASE 

 These were all, at one time, used in medicine in this |y 

 country, and are still used to a certain extent in rustic 

 practice. 



No. 251. KOUSSO or KOSO. The flowers of Bray era 

 anthelmifitica, Kunth, a handsome tree about 20 feet high, 

 native of the higher mountainous districts of Abyssinia, 

 and commonly planted near towns and villages through- 

 out the country. For commercial purposes Kousso is 

 gathered before the seeds are ripe, it is hung in the sun to 

 dry, and then made up into bundles or cylindrical rolls, 

 varying in length from 10 inches to a foot. These are 

 packed in boxes, and reach England by way of Aden or 

 Bombay. Kousso has a pleasant herby odour, and a 

 bitterish acrid taste ; it is used as an anthelmintic, and is 

 \Qvj effectual in its action on tape worm. In large doses 

 it has produced dangerous and even fatal results. 



No. 252. Rose Bedeguars : "Robin Redbreast's 

 pincushions." Mossy excrescences often found on the 

 common Dog-rose (Rosa canina) in hedges ; they are 

 occasioned by the puncture of Ehodites Rosae^ L. Observe 

 the Bedeguars cut across, showing the cavities containing 

 the larvae. 



On an upper shelf of the first compartment of this CASE 

 case note Petals of the French, Provins, or Red Rose 49. 

 {R. gallica, L.), cultivated in this country near Mitcham, 

 in Surrey, as well as in Oxfordshire and Derbyshire, and 

 to a large extent in Holland, and in the neighbourhood of 

 Paris, for the petals, which after being gathered and 

 dried, are used, for colouring medicines, as well as for 

 making confection of roses, a specimen of which is 

 exhibited. 



No. 253. Attar or Otto of Roses, obtained by 

 careful distillation from the petals of sweet scented 

 species of Rose, Rosa gallica, L., R. centifolia, L., 

 R. moschata, Herrm., and R. damascena, Mill., a cultivated 

 race of R. gallica. Cultivated on the lower slopes of the 

 Balkans, in Roumelia, for the prodviction of Attar. 



For the manufacture of Attar, the flowers are collected 

 before sunrise in April and May. They are distilled as 



