136 
Gleanings  in  3fateria  Mcdlca. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm, 
t      Mar.,  1882. 
neous  syphilitic  affections  in  doses  of  a  teas])0()nful  moi-ning  and  evon- 
ino;,  to2:ether  with  caroba  tea. 
The  above  analysis  was  completed  in  1866  ;  a  manuscript  in  French 
sent  to  the  Paris  exposition  was  never  publislied ;  but  a  catalogue  was 
published  by  the  author  in  Ria  in  the  Portuguese  language  in  1868. 
An  analysis  credited  to  C.W.  Zaremba  in  ^^Phar.  C(nitralhalle"  June  23, 
1881,  gives  figures  identical  with  the  above. 
The  following  plants  are  also  known  in  Brazil  as  caroba : 
Jacaranda  suhrliombea,  D.  C,  s.  Bignonia  obovata,  Vellos.,  caroba 
preta  or  carob-assii ;  a  furrow  3d  crisp  dark-green  leaf,  not  aromatic, 
apparently  less  efficacious. 
Bignonia  nodosa^  Manso,  caroba  docampo,  slightly  aromatic,  grows 
in  the  prairies,  esteemed  to  be  equal  to  true  caroba. 
Jacaranda  oxyphylla,  Cham..;  s.  Big.  antisyphilitica,  Martins, 
caroba  des  paulistas ;  leaflets  dark-green,  nearly  inodorous,  reputed  to 
be  also  laxative;  grows  in  the  province  of  San  Paulo. 
Bignonia  jpurgans,  caroba  guyra,  in  Amazonas ;  leaves  used  as  an 
antisyphilitic,  the  root-bark  as  a  purgative. 
Sparattosperma  lithontripticum,  Mart.,  caroba  branca ;  leaves  light- 
green,  mealy,  aromatic,  acrid  and  bitter ;  diuretic. 
Cybistax  antisyphilitica,  Mart.,  s.  Big.  quinquefolia,  Vellos.;  used 
in  dysury,  dropsy,  clironic  liver  complaints,  syphilitic  ulcers,  etc. — 
Zeitschr.  Oest.  Apoth.  Ver.,  1881,  No.  30,  31. 
Volatile  Oil  of  Lihari  Kanali,  or  Female  Rosewood — H.  Morin  gives 
a  brief  description  of  this  volatile  oil,  recently  imported  from  French 
Guiana,  and  known  in  commerce  as  "essence  de  linaloes."  While- this 
product  is  obtained  from  the  above-mentioned  source,  or  the  so-called 
white  cedar  tree  (cedre  blanc  de  Cayenne),  and  is  assigned  to  an  Aero- 
diclidium  of  the  natural  order  Lauracese ;  the  linaloes  wood  of  Mexico, 
which  also  yields  a  very  fragrant  volatile  oil,  is  obtained,  according  to 
Collins,^  from  Elaphrium  graveolens,  Kunth,  natural  order  Burseraceae. 
The  first-mentioned  oil  is  nearly  colorless,  lighter  than  water,  and  has 
an  agreeable  aromatic  odor,  resembling  that  of  roses  and  lemons;  it 
burns  with  a  sooty  flame,  does  not  solidify  at  20 °C.,  but  becomes 
thereby  turbid  from  the  presence  of  a  small  amount  of  water,  and 
deposits  fine  needle-shaped  crystals.  When  deprived  of  water  by 
means  of  chloride  of  calcium,  it  distils  almost  entirely  at  a  constant 
^  Pliikiger.    "  Pharmakognosie  des  Ptlanzenreiches,"  II  Auflage,  p.  196. 
