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to be which improves in any way the whisky of the region. A less objec- 
tionable use is made of it by using it as a stuffing in a leg of roast mutton, 
the whole mass of which it permeates with its pleasant flavor. It is not 
unlikely that ere long this plant will be made the basis of another quack 
constitutional invigorator. There is probably no doubt of its being a good 
carminative, and it may also prove to a certain extent tonic. 
Osua.—This root, so well known in and around Santa Fé, is derived 
from an unknown plant, probably a Peucedanum. Dr. Herman Haupt, jr., 
has furnished a careful analysis of the root in the Am. Jour. Pharm. Aug. 
1, 1873, p. 347, in which he concludes that his results indicate the presence 
of “an acid not identical with angelic acid; it appears to be a new acid 
hitherto unknown, and to deserve to be distinguished by the name of Oshaic 
acid. From 100 grains of the air-dried root 8 grains of ashes were obtained, 
containing iron, aluminum, sodium, and potassium.” It is probably this 
plant to which Dr. Loew alludes, under name of Angelica, in Vol. II, 
Wheeler’s Reports, p. 608. It is alleged to have tonic properties. Better 
specimens are desirable, as it is altogether probable the plant is an old, 
well-known apoUietiz It may have remedial powers .that will stand 
investigation. 
According to Messrs. Brewer and Watson, in Flora of California, the 
roots of Carum Gairdneri and C. Kelloggii are a prominent article of food 
among the California Indians, as are also the roots of most of the species of 
Cymopterus and Peucedanum. 
Evupatorium Bertanpier!, DC.—A specimen of this was handed me at 
the Chiricahua Agency in Southern Arizona, and the statement made that the 
Apache Indians there were in the habit of using it as a substitute for tobacco. 
At first I was disposed to accept the statement cum grano salis, but have 
since discovered that other species are elsewhere used inalike manner. On 
trial, I find the smoke devoid of any marked flavor, but rather acrid when 
passed through the nostrils. It also appears to have some more marked prop- 
erty in a very slight degree, as indicated by a gentle nervous tremor induced 
in smoking. The dry leaves when rubbed in the hand emit faintly a rather 
resinous odor. There is no doubt but that it would be quite as pleasant and 
satisfactory as much of the drugged, cheap tobacco now on the market. 
