NOTICES OF SOME RARE KINDS OF RHUBARB. 63 
fusion ill Madeira wine is also a good stomachic. The ex- 
pressed oil of the coccoon is good for burning, and may 
perhaps prove useful as an internal remedy in the same 
cases in which the tincture has been recommended; and 
from partaking of the same bitter taste with the seeds, it is 
probable that the same active principle may be found to 
pervade the whole plant.— Pharm. Jonrn. 
ART. XVI.— NOTICES OF SOME RARE KINDS OF RHUBARB 
WHICH HAVE RECENTLY APPEARED IN ENGLISH COM- 
MERCE. 
By Jonathan Pereira, M. D., F. R. S. 
In laying before the scientific Committee of this Society* 
some observations on several kinds of rhubarb, not frequent- 
ly met with in English commerce, I take this opportunity 
of stating, that I am indebted for the specimens to Mr. Fa- 
ber, who has on this, as well as on several other occasions, 
very kindly aided my inquiries, in Pharmacological Natu- 
ral History, by specimens and commercial information of 
an interesting and useful kind. 
I propose this evening to draw the attention of the Com- 
mittee to four kinds of rhubarb, which are respectively de- 
nominated Canton stick rhubarb, Bucharian rhubarb, 
Siberian rhubarb, and Himalayan rhubarb. 
1. Canton Stick Rhubarb. 
Two kinds of rhubarb it is well known, are imported 
from Canton, the one called China, East India, or half- 
trimmed rhubarb ; the other termed trimmed, Dutch- 
trimmed, or entirely-trimmed rhubarb. 
* London Pharmaceutical Journal. 
