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MARRUBIUM. 
Henkel, Alice, mentions Marrubium vulgare L., commonly known 
as marrubium, and hoarhound, as having been naturalized from 
Europe, and growing in dry, sandy soil, in fields and waste places, 
from Maine southward to Texas and westward to California and 
Oregon. — Bull. Bur. Plant Ind., U. S. Dept. Agric., 1906, Xo. 89, 
p. 45. 
Schneider, Albert, points out that the whites and Indians use a 
decoction of the leaves of Marrubium vulgare L. for coughs and colds 
and to check diarrhoea. — Merck’s Rept., X. Y., 1906, v. 15, p. 96. 
MATRICARIA. 
Schneider, Albert, points out that a decoction of Matricaria dis- 
coida D. C. is much used by the Indians in colic, stomach, and bowel 
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complaints, especially in children. Tonic and diaphoretic.— Merck’s 
Rep., X. Y., 1906, v. 15, p. 96. 
Philipp Roder, Mien, }ioints out that the ash content, a maximum 
of 13 per cent, of the Ph. Austr. VIII will readily be complied with. 
The minimum extractive soluble in TO per cent of alcohol is fixed at 
15 per cent. — Pharrn. Ztg., Berl., 1906, v. 51. p. 278. 
The Helfenberger Annalen (for 1905, p. 113) records some experi- 
ments to determine the extract content of chamomile flowers. — Pharm. 
Zentralh., 1906, v. 47, p. 854. 
Chiron, Paul, (L'Art Med.) recommends chamomilla when the left 
side is affected, there is excessive sensibility and irritability of fiber, 
and the patient acts as if out of his mind. — Abstr. Hahneman. 
Month., Phila., 1906, v. 41, p. 878. 
MEL ROS^E. 
The Ph. Brit, Committee of Reference in Pharmacy suggests that 
the monograph for honey be revised completely, adding tests for 
sugars. — Chem. & Drug., Bond., 1906, v. 69, p. 864. 
Herissy, H., says the mel rosse of Ph. Xdl., IV, contains both 
sugar and honey and the percolate is obtained by lixiviation of the 
roses with water and without the addition of alcohol. — J. de pharm. 
et de chim., Par., 1906, v. 23, p. 480. 
MENTHA PIPERITA. 
Henkel, Alice, mentions Mentha piperita L., commonly known as 
peppermint, as having been naturalized from Europe, and occurring 
in damp places from Xova Scotia to Minnesota, south to Florida and 
