Am.  Jour.  Pharm 
Oct.,  "1885. 
Jacavanda  Lancifoliata. 
483 
Dissolve  the  sugar  in  seven  fluidounces  of  water  and  add  one  and  a 
lialf  fluidounces  of  alcohol.  Rub  the  oils  thoroughly  with  the  preci- 
pitated calcium  carbonate,  and  then  gradually  add,  with  constant  stir- 
ring, one  to  one  and  a  half  fluidounces  of  the  preceding  mixture.  Pour 
this  now  into  the  remainder  of  the  saccharine  solution  and  set  the  mix- 
ture aside,  shaking  it  up  frequently ;  then  after  an  interval  of  about 
two  hours  filter  it,  returning  the  first  turbid  portion,  and  when  all  has 
passed  through  follow  with  water  until  the  filtrate  measures  13  fluid- 
ounces. 
Upon  the  calcium  hypophosphite  pour  half  a  fluidounce  of  water, 
and  warm  the  mixture  on  a  water-bath.  Now  add  the  quinium  sul- 
phate, and  when  double  decomj^osition  is  complete  remove  the  mixture 
from  the  water-bath  and  gradually  add  one  fluidounce  of  alcohol ; 
then  pour  it  into  a  small  filter,  and  when  all  the  liquid  has  passed 
through  follow  with  alcohol  until  the  filtrate  measures  two  fluidounces. 
Then  pour  this  into  the  simple  elixir  first  obtained  and  mix  the  whole. 
Mix  the  ferric  citrate,  sodium  hypophosphite  and  one  fluidounce  of 
water,  and  apply  heat  until  complete  solution  has  occurred.  Now 
pour  the  elixir  of  quinium  hypophosphite,  previously  finished,  into 
this  solution,  and  if  necessary  add  water  to  the  msasure  of  a  pint  and 
mix  the  whole;  then  add  the  strychnine,  and  when  this  has  dissolved 
iilter  the  elixir  if  necessary. 
Jacaranda  lancifoliata.  Under  this  name  the  leaves  of  a  plant 
from  Columbia,  South  America  have  been  experimented  with  by  Drs. 
Murray  Smith,  Alfred  Wright  and  Z.  Mennell,  and  were  found  to  be 
very  useful  in  cases  of  gonorrhoea,  syphilis  and  in  vesical  affections 
attended  with  purulent  urine  ("Brit.  Med.  Jour.'').  The  plant  named, 
it  appears  to  us,  is  identical  with  Jac.  procera,  ^prengel.  A  descripti(m 
of  the  leaves  with  analysis  was  published  in  this  Journal  1882,  pages 
134  and  513.  The  leaflets  are  very  variable  in  shape,  and  Jac.  lanceo- 
lata,  Velioso,  we  believe,  is  regarded  merely  as  a  variety  of  the  species 
named. 
It  should  be  remembered  that  in  Brazil  the  different  species  of  Jaca- 
randa and  of  other  Bignoniace^e  are  known  as  caroha  and  distinguished 
by  various  affixes,  while  the  common  name  jacaranda  is  there  given 
to  various  Leguminosse;  according  to  Peckolt,  Drenocarpus  micro- 
])hyllus,  Wawra,  is  known  as  jacarandd-rosa  and  Machierium  firmum, 
F.  Allem.,  as  jacarandd-tau.  J.  M.  M. 
