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PIMPINELLA. SAXIFRAGA L. Pimpinella. 
Extracts from the dry rhizomes and roots were more or less effec- 
tive repellents against the Japanese beetle, — Metzger end Grant ( 277 ) • 
PRANGOS PABULARIA Lindl. 
Water in which the plant was steeped destroyed snails, and its 
roots were said to be a valuable remedy for itoh.— Murray ( 290 , p. 201) • 
In India the root was considered a valuable external application 
for itch and a decoction. of the fruit was employed as a wash to cure 
*rot tt in sheep,— Watt ( 422 , v. 6, pt. 1, p. 335). 
Sims. SUAVE Walt. Water parsnip. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.— Metzger and 
Grant (277). 
APOCYNACEAE 
(Dogbane Family) 
ACOKAMHERA LONGI FLORA Stapf. 
This plant was used as an arrow poison in East Africa, but extracts 
of the leaves and stems had only a very slight effect on citrus aphids. — 
Wore ley (431). 
APOCYNUM ANDROSAEMIFOLUJM L. 
APOCYNUM CANNABINUM L. Dogbane. 
Extracts from these plants were not repellent to the Japanese 
beetle. — Metzger and Grant ( 277 ) • 
CARISSA CARANDAS L. Synonym: £. oongesta Wight. 
In India this plant was used to keep off flies, and when pounded 
with lime juice and camphor as a remedy for itch.— Watt ( 422 , v. 2, 
p. 165) 
HAPLOPHYTON CIMICIDUM A. DC. Cuoaracha herb. Cockroach plant. 
This plant is listed as an insecticide. — Greshoff ( 170 , p. 107). 
Considerable success was had in poisoning Culex, Anopheles , var- 
ious species of Instrypetas , and other Diptera, by using the juice 
and infusion of the leaves or of the entire plants, the macerated 
bark, and the concentrated alcoholic extract. — Mexico Comision de 
Parasitologia A^ricola (278) . 
