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ChirimoyOj  Anona  Cherimolia^  Miller;  Aiioriace^e;  in  warm  and 
damp  regions.  The  fruit  is  nutritious.  The  seeds,  slightly  roasted^ 
are  violently  emeto-cathartic  in  doses  of  one  to  twelve,  and  are  too 
dangerous  for  medicinal  use ;  externally  they  are  insecticide.  Garza 
Cortina  of  Mexico  (1872)  found  the  seeds  to  contain  sugar,  gum, 
albumin,  extractive,  salts,  fixed  oil  and  an  acrid  resin  soluble  in  alcohol^ 
ether  and  chloroform  and  representing  the  active  principle. 
Chochos,  Lupinus  albus,  Lin.;  Leguminos^e ;  cultivated.  The 
seeds  were  formerly  used  as  an  aphrodisiac  and  vermifuge ;  the  de- 
coction is  employed  in  the  form  of  injection  in  external  otitis ;  also  as- 
a  discutient. 
Damar  (dammar),  Datil  (dates),  Dictamo  bianco  (Dictamnus  albus), 
Dlctamo  de  Creta  (Origanum  Dictamnus),  Digital,  Duboisia,  Dulca- 
mara, Eleboro  bianco  (Yeratrum  album),  Eleboro  negro  (Helleborus 
niger),  Eleboro  verde  (Hell,  viridis),  Encina  de  mar  (Fucus  vesiculosus, 
Enebro  comun  (Juniper  berries),  Eneldo  (dill),  Enula  (elecampane), 
Escamonea  (scammony),  Escila  (squill),  Escordio  (Teucrium  Scordium), 
Esparrago  (asparagus  roots  and  shoots),  Esperma  (spermaceti),  Esponja 
(sponge),  Estafisagra  (staves acre),  and  Eucalipto  (Eucalyptus  globulus), 
are  foreign  drugs  admitted  into  the  Mexican  Pharmacopceia.  The 
eucalyptus,  asparagus,  dill  and  a  few  others  are  cultivated  in  Mexico. 
Damiana,  Aplopappus  discoideus,  H.  B.  K.;  Compositse ;  in  the 
valley  of  Mexico,  etc.  Used  in  baths  against  rheumatism.  The  plant 
does  not  possess  any  aphrodisiac  properties  which  have  been  claimed 
for  it. 
Dictamo  real,  Passiflora  Dictamus,  Fl.  Mex.  ined.  and  P.  mexicana,, 
Jussieu;  Passiflorace?e ;  in  the  State  of  Morelos  and  other  hot  dis~ 
tricts.  The  former  species  has  simple  two-lobed  leaves,  the  lobes 
oblong  and  three-nerved,  the  base  subemarginate,  the  peduncles  one- 
flowered  and  the  tendrils  simple.  The  second  species  has  the  base  of 
the  leaves  rounded,  their  lower  side  glandular  and  the  petioles  shorter. 
The  leaves  and  stems  are  used  in  decoction  in  bronchial  and  pulmonary 
affections.  The  leaves  of  the  "  granadita  de  China,'^  Pass,  cserulea,. 
Lin.  probably  have  similar  properties ;  the  fruit  is  used  for  food,  and 
the  root  is  said  to  be  emetic.  Marrubium  Pseudodictamnus  Lin.  is 
also  known  in  Mexico  by  the  name  of  dictamo. 
Diente  de  leon.  Taraxacum  mexicanum,  De  Cand.;  Compositie;  in 
Mexico.  The  root  and  leaves  contain  a  milk  juice,  without  particular 
odor,  bitter,  somewhat  sweet  and  slightly  acid.    The  root  is  blackisK 
