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lished  by  the  Macmillan  Company,  and  edited  by  L.  H.  Bailey  and 
W.  Miller.  This  will  undoubtedly  be  of  value  to  those  who  are 
to  engage  in  the  cultivation  of  medicinal  plants. 
NEW  PLANTS  AND  DRUGS. 
Th.  Peckolt  is  continuing  his  writings  upon  the  medicinal  and 
economical  plants  of  Brazil  in  the  Berichte  of  the  German  Pharma- 
ceutical Society.  Duyk,  also,  is  continuing  his  investigations  upon 
Mexican  drugs  (see  Bull.  Soc.  Pharm.  Brux.,  XLTII,  and  BulL 
Comm ,  XXVIII).  J.  S.  Ward  has  described  some  West  African 
plants  in  Pharm.  Jour.,  1900.  Several  Indian  plants  have  been 
examined  by  S.  Camphuijo  (see  Nederl.  Tidjschr.  v.  Pharm.y  1899). 
The  arrow  poisons  of  Wagogos,  according  to  Schellman,  are  ob- 
tained by  boiling  the  bark  of  two  trees  of  the  N.  O.  Euphorbi- 
aceae.  Pilocarpus  racemosus,  of  the  French  Antilles,  is  given  by 
Rocher  as  a  new  source  of  jaborandi.  The  leaves  contain  0-6 
per  cent,  of  pilocarpine  and  0-4  per  cent,  of  jaborine.  David 
Hooper  has  shown  that  the  ancient  Eastern  medicine,  Akakia,  is 
an  astringent  extract  of  an  acacia. 
Schumann  has  added  to  our  knowledge  of  the  kola  exported 
between  Senegal  and  Angola.  All  seeds  are  wrapped  with  the 
leaves  of  Cola  cordifolia.  The  large  seed  (siguru)  is  obtained  from 
Cola  vera;  whereas  the  small  seed  (kotofo)  is  the  product  of  C. 
acuminata.  The  natives  of  Bali  also  employ  the  seeds  of  C.  lepidota 
and  C.  anomala. 
According  to  H.  Moeller,  Rheum  Franzenbachii  does  not  furnish 
any  of  the  commercial  rhubarb.  Ergot  from  rice  grown  by  Indians 
in  Northern  Wisconsin  has  been  examined  by  R.  H.  Denniston. 
The  seeds  of  Brucea  Sumatrdna  (N.  O.  Simambaceae)  are  used  in 
China  and  India  for  dysentery.  Heckel  and  Schlagdenhauffen 
find  that  they  contain  quassin  and  saponin ;  but  Bertrand  and 
Physalin  believe  that  the  activity  is  due  to  a  glucoside,  kosamin. 
Murcia  lemons  are  entering  the  markets  during  the  winter  months. 
They  are  distinguished  from  Messina  or  Palmero  lemons  in  pos- 
sessing a  smoother  skin  and  cleaner  appearance.  A  new  rubber 
plant  of  Lagos  (Fantumina  elasticd)  is  described  by  Stapf.  F. 
Africana  (syn.  Kicksia  Africand)  does  not  appear  to  yield  any 
rubber.  Catha  edulis  contains,  according  to  Schaer,  large  quantities 
of  caoutchouc,  an  ethereal  oil,  alkaloid  and  tannin.    Large  edible 
