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CASE prescribed as a neurotic in painful affections of the skin 

 59. and subjacent tissues. The juice, probably mixed with 

 Opium, was given by the Athenians to citizens condemned 

 to death, as in the case of Socrates and Phocion. 



No. 296. Tubers of the Arracacia {Arrcicaria 

 xanthorrhiza, Bancr.), and starch obtained from them, 

 from Jamaica. The tubers when boiled are eaten as a 

 vegetable ; grated they may be employed for thickening 

 soup. 



In the last compartment of this case observe models of 

 the Celery plant (Apiiim graveolens^ L.), the blanched 

 stalks of which are eaten as a vegetable. In its wild state 

 the Celery is found in marshy places by the sea in England 

 and Ireland. 



No. 297. Umbels of Ammi Visnaga^ Lam., brought 

 from Africa and the Levant to Marseilles. The *' rays " 

 are used in the South of Europe as tooth-picks. They 

 possess the same grateful aromatic taste as the whole 

 plant, which gives them an advantage over ordinary quill 

 tooth-picks. 



On the same shelf are shewn fruits (familiarly known 

 as seeds) of the AJOWAN of India (Caritm copticum^ 

 Benth.), an annual herb, cultivated in many parts of 

 Egypt. Persia, Afghanistan, and adjacent countries, and 

 abundantly in Bengal. Ajovvan fruits are stimulant and 

 carminative, and contain a quantity of oil from which 

 Thymol or Thymic Acid is obtained ; both are exhibited. 



No. 298. Caraway Seeds, the fruits of Carum 

 Carvi\ L., a biennial or annual plant, naturalised in this 

 country and common in Northern and Central Europe 

 and West Asia to the Himalayas. It is cultivated in Essex 

 and Kent, Holland, Prussia, and North. Russia. Caraway 

 fruits, called seeds in commerce, contain a quantity of oil, 

 which is readily obtained by distillation. Both the fruits 

 and oil are aromatic and stimulant ; the oil is also used 

 for scenting soap. By far the largest consumption of 

 Caraways is as a spice for flavouring confectionery, &c. 



On the same shelf observe stems of Siiini heJenianum, 

 Hook. f. one of the few indigenous plants of St. Helena. 

 The green stems are sold in the markets under the name 



