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attention about 1835, and the alkaloid was further examined 

 in 1843. The supply of Greenheai-t bark to the English 

 market is very irregular. 



Matico {Piper angustifolium).— This is a shrub belong- 

 ing to the natural order Piperacese, native of Bolivia, Peru, 



Belladonna (Alrofa Belladonna). 



Brazil, Venezuela, and New Granada, ilatico, as seen in 

 commerce, consists of the broken and compressed leaves, 

 which are very thick and very rough on the surface ; they 

 have a pleasant, somewhat pungent odour, and a bitterish 

 aromatic taste. They are used, either softened in water or 

 reduced to a powder, to stop bleeding, and an infusion pre- 



