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Lastly, I would mention that the Bucku of our Pharmacopseias, 
which has lately obtained so much celebrity as a sudorific, diuretic, 
and tonic ; such at least as I have examined and prescribed from our 
druggists, undoubtedly belongs to the present species. Hence, though 
others of the Diosma groupe may contain similar preperties, abound- 
ing, as they all do, in a strong aromatic odor, and glands filled with 
essential oil, yet by the Hottentots and those who gather Backu for the 
European and American markets, preference is given to our Baros ma 
crenulata. The scent seems to me to be as powerful as that of any 
other of the tribe, but at the same time much more agreeable, and 
more resembling that of some mints. 
Barosma pulchella. Neat Barosma. This shrub grows from one 
to three feet in height ; leaves crowded, ovate, quite smooth, with 
thickened, crenate-glandular margins; peduncles axillary, usually soli- 
tary, exceeding the leaves ; flowers pale-red. The Hottentots use 
the leaves of this plant, dried and powdered, under the name of 
Bucku, to mix with the greese with which they anoint themselves. 
It gives them so rank an odor, thatThunberg says he could not bear 
the smell of the men who drove his waggon. It is a native of the 
Cape of Good Hope, and flowers from September till February, 
Propagation and Culture. This is a genus of pretty little shrubs, 
which thrive best in a mixture of sand, peat, and a little turfy loam ; 
and cuttings taken from ripened wood, and planted in a pot of 
sand, with a bell-glass placed over them, will strike root readily and 
thrive well. 
