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Kokoona zeylanica Thw.* Bast voor sternutatorium en als zeep- 
surrogaat. Bij onderzoek van een monster werd echter door mij 
geen saponine gevonden. 
Lophopetalum toxicum Loher.* Uit den bast bereiden de Ne- 
gritos op de Filippijnen een extract, dat als pijlgift dient. Deze bast 
is vroeger ten onrechte als Rabelaisia - of Lunasiabast beschreven, 
en bevat het giftig glukosied lophopetaline (z. g. rabelaisine). 
Catha edulis Forsk.* Bladen en jonge twijgen van de 
„kat” in Arabië als bedwelmend genotmiddel. Alkaloïdhoudend. 
Pleurostylia Wightii W. et A. Bevat giftig alkaloïd. 
FAM. HIPPOCRATEACEAE. 
FAM. STACKH0US1ACEAE. 
FAM. STAPHYLEACEAE. 
FAM. ICACINACEAE. 
FAM. ACERACEAE. 
FAM. H1PPOCASTANACEAE. 
Saponine planten : Aesculus Hippocastanum L.*, A. Pavia L.* 
No. 91. Aesculus californica Nutt.* 
„ Without exception all of the tribes eat the fruit in considerablc 
quantity even at the present time. When raio, however, it is commonly 
regardcd as poisonous and recognized by at least one of the tribes 
near Ukish as a nieans of committing suicide. The fruit is undoubtedly 
poisonous in the fresh state. Two or three inethods are used in 
preparing it for food, but they consist esscntially in roasting and 
then was hing out the poison. 
The leaves or young shoots are probably used to a slight extent 
bij the Yuki and Concow to poison fish, but for this purpose 
they are inferior even to blue curls ( Trichostema lanccolatum). 
Sheep and cattlc nibble at the leaves and cattle especially, seem 
to get fat on them A large cattle-owner informed me, however, 
that cattle when thus fattened losc their flesh with remarkable 
