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and  cyanide  of  potassium  are  entirely  overlooked.  It  is  probable  that  the 
Editors  accidentally  omitted  to  notice  them  in  their  proper  place,  and  sub- 
sequently forgot  to  put  them,  with  other  cyanogen  compounds,  in  the 
appendix.  This  should  have  been  corrected  in  the  American  edition. 
Leibig's  test  for  hydrocyanic  acid  has  been  introduced  by  the  Editors. 
Wherever  Dr.  Pereira  has  written  on  a  subject  the  Editors  have 
generally  availed  themselves  of  it,  and  in  some  instances  have  quoted 
almost  bodily.    The  article  on  Kosso  is  an  instance  of  this  kind.  Kosso 
Fig.  360. 
Bray  era  anthelmintica,  Kunth. 
A ,  flowering  branch.  C,  flower  seen  laterally. 
B,  bunch  of  female  flowers.  |     D,  female  flower. 
a,  b,  c,  d,  e,  the  five  outer  segments  of  the  ca!yx. 
is  the  product  of  Brayera  anthelmintica,  a  rosaceous  tree  of  Abyssinia, 
attaining  the  height  of  20  feet.  Figure  360  represents  a  flowering  branch, 
The  flowers  are  disecious,  small,  greenish,  and  become  purple.  The  flowers 
