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the  genera  Toddalia  and  Vepris,  to  one  of  -which  it  undoubtedly 
belongs.  I  believe  it  is  the  fruit  of  V.  lanceolata,  (A.  Jussieu,) 
the  Toddalia  lanceolata,  (Lamk.;)  this  plant  is  pretty  widely  dif- 
fused, for  it  is  found  in  the  Island  Mauritius,  and  is  also  common 
in  the  woody  districts  of  various  parts  of  the  Cape  of  Good 
Hope.  There  is  some  slight  resemblance  to  cubebs  in  this  drug, 
but  the  slightest  examination  shows  that  it  has  no  affinity  with 
the  peppers  ;  its  dry,  dehiscent  capsule,  with  the  hard,  bluish- 
black,  shining,  kidney-shaped  seeds,  and  the  membranous  re- 
mains of  the  abortive  cells,  are  distinctive  characters  which  are 
quite  sufficient  to  prevent  any  mistake.  The  properties  are 
simply  aromatic  and  stimulant,  without  any  approach  to  the 
special  properties  which  cubebs  exercise  upon  the  urinary  organs. 
— London  Pharm.  Journ. 
THE  BRITISH  PHARMACEUTICAL  CONFERENCE  AND  THE 
AMERICAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 
At  the  first  sitting  of  the  Conference  at  Bath,  September 
14,  the  President  stated  that  he  had  received  a  communication 
from  the  Secretary  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
informing  him  that  an  address  of  salutation  and  gratulation  had 
been  agreed  upon,  an  engrossed  copy  of  which  had  been  for- 
warded to  the  present  meeting.  The  *President  further  ex- 
plained that,  owing  to  some  accident,  the  sa'id  engrossed  copy 
had  not  come  to  hand,  but  recommended  that  the  extract  from 
the  volume  of  Proceedings,  relating  to  the  resolution,  should  be 
accepted  in  its  place,  which  was  immediately  agreed  to,  and  the 
Secretaries  were  ordered  to  draw  up  the  draft  of  a  reply,  to  be 
submitted  for  the  approval  of  a  future  sitting. 
At  the  final  sitting  of  the  conference,  on  September  19th,  it 
was  determined  that  the  following  resolution  should  be  forwarded 
to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  in  reply  to  its 
address : — 
Resolved :  That  the  members  of  the  British  Pharmaceutical 
Conference  have  received  with  much  satisfaction  the  friendly 
greetings  of  their  brethren  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association.  They  appreciate  these  expressions  of  goodwill 
the  more  highly,  from  their  being  spontaneously  offered  at  so 
