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Gleanings  in  Materia  Medica. 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
t      July,  1881. 
3.  Five-nerved  and  five-lobed,  sinuate,  7  cm.  long,  5'5  cm.  broad, 
the  two  lower  lobes  small  and  rounded,  the  next  pair  larger  and  with 
a  shallow  sinus  at  the  margin,  the  terminal  lobe  largest;  the  base 
cordate ;  coarsely  dentate ;  abundantly  hairy  on  botli  sides ;  thick  ; 
brown  above,  green  underneath. 
4.  Palmately  five-nerved  and  sinuately  five-lobed,  each  lobe  again 
divided  into  two  smaller  lobes  ;  all  acute ;  coarsely  dentate ;  obcor- 
date  at  the  base ;  about  10  cm.  long  and  broad ;  brown  above,  gray- 
green  beneath.  In  the  microscopic  structure,  they  agree  with  the 
preceding  and  differ  but  slightly  from  No.  1,  mainly  in  the  absence 
of  mucilage  cells. 
Unmixed  patchouli  leaves  appear  to  be  rarely  met  with  in  the 
market ;  the  sophistications  amount  in  many  cases  to  80  per  cent.  ; 
Nos.  2  and  3  wei'e  more  frequently  met  with  than  the  other  two  forms. 
The  author  directs  also  attention  to  PleGtranthus  Patchouli,  a  labi- 
ate sold  under  the  name  of  patchouly  herb.  The  leaves  are  similar  to 
true  patchouli  leaves,  are  6  cm.  long  and  5  cm.  broad,  ovate,  acute, 
doubly  dentate  and  petiolate ;  on  both  sides  with  few  stomata,  with 
simple  several-celled  (up  to  14)  hairs  and  with  numerous  glands,  the 
larger  ones  of  which  are  imbedded  in  the  epidermis. 
The  leaves  of  two  malvacese,  Lavatera  obia  and  Pavonia  Weldenvi, 
are  five-nerved,  resemble  some  of  the  false  patchouli  leaves,  the  for- 
mer containing  mucilage  cells. — Zeits.  Oest.  Apoth.  Ver. ;  Phar.  Jour, 
and  Trans.,  April  2,  j^p.  813-815. 
False  Jahorayidi. — Dr.  A.  Tschirch  has  received 
from  Gehe  &  Co.  leaves  which  l:)ear  a  consider- 
able resemblance  to  the  leaves  of  Pilocarpus  pen- 
natus,  and  which  are  probably  also  derived  from 
a  rutacea.  The  shape  and  size  of  the  leaflets  of 
rutacese  vary  considerably ;  in  commercial  jabo- 
randi,  variations  from  lanceolate  \o  oval  may  be 
observed,  difl^ering  in  size  from  6  to  15  cm.  The 
venation  is  very  distinct  and,  anastomosing  near 
the  margins,  separates  the  inner  part  of  the  blade 
quite  plainly  from  a  narrow  marginal  zone.  In 
the  false  jaborandi  the  final  divisions  of  the  fibro- 
vascular  bundles  are  less  distinct,  and  their  anas- 
tomosing lines  near  the  margin  less  clear. 
The  anatomical  structure  furnishes  further  dif- 
ferences.    The  upper  epidermal  tissue  of  both 
Jaborandi  leaves.  Apex 
and  transverse  section. 
