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with  berberiiie,  and  which  was  obtained  from  the  wood  of  Andira 
anthelmintica,  Bentham.  In  addition  to  this  the  wood  contains  a  soft 
pungent  and  bitter  resin,  sohible  in  ether  and  alcohol,  but  insoluble  in 
chloroform ;  this  it  seems  has  drastic  and  anthelmintic  properties,  and 
is  also  contained  in  the  seeds,  which  are  used  in  Brazil  for  their  vermi- 
fuge properties  under  the  name  of  angelim  amargosa. 
Evodia  longifolia,  nat.  ord.  Rutace^e,  is  a  native  of  the  Fiji  Islands. 
The  leaves  are  said  to  be  useful  as  a  preventive  of  abortion  ;  thej  are 
steeped  in  the  milk  of  the  cocoanut,  the  infusion  being  taken  for  several 
weeks  or  months. 
A  Brazilian  S23ecies  Evodia  (Esenbeckia,  3fa7^tius)  febrifuga,  Saint 
HUaire  is  astringent  and  tonic,  the  bark  having  been  occasionally  used 
in  the  place  of  angustura  bark  (see  Am,  Jour.  Phar.,  1874,  50,  414); 
it  is  known  in  Brazil  in  different  provinces  as  quina,  tres  folhas  ver- 
melhas,  or  larangeira  do  matto. 
The  bark  of  the  Japanese  Evodia  glauca  contains  berberine  (see  Am^ 
Jour.  Phar.  1879,  26.) 
Grindelia  robusta,  Nuttall,  is  recommended  by  Dr.  Gatchell  [N.  Y. 
Med.  Times)  as  a  topical  application  in  the  treatment  of  stings  and 
bites  of  insects.  A  lotion  prepared  with  it  is  stated  to  stop  the  itching 
and  promote  the  healing  of  the  mosquito  or  flea  bites. 
A  false  clove  bark  or  clove  cinnamon  has  been  received  by  Dr.  John 
Moeller,  from  Hamburg.  It  is  in  flat  pieces  of  about  the  width  of  a 
hand,  7  mm.  or  less  thick,  cinnamon  brown  and  covered  with  a  thick, 
warty,  ash-gray  or  yellowish  green  cork ;  the  odor  has  a  resemblance 
to  sassafras,  and  the  taste  is  sharp,  entirely  unlike  cloves  and  cinnamon. 
The  periderm  is  sharply  defined ;  a  sclerenchyme  ring  is  not  observ- 
able ;  the  middle  bark  is  indistinctly  dotted,  and  the  inner  bark  darker 
and  striate  from  delicate  wavy  medullary  rays. 
Under  the  microscope  the  cork  is  seen  to  consist  of  a  number  of 
layers,  sometimes  twelve  or  more,  the  cork  evidently  having  been 
developed  centripetally  from  the  epidermis,  and  the  layers  correspond- 
ing to  different  periods  of  vegetation,  terminating  with  a  row  of  cells 
resembling  epidermal  cells,  with  the  outer  wall  rounded  and  thickened, 
while  the  remaining  cork  cells  are  nearly  square,  rather  thick  walled, 
and  occasionally  with  a  cushion-like  thickening  of  the  inner  wall. 
Secondary  cork  has  not  been  observed.  The  parenchyme  of  the  middle 
bark  (phelloderm)  contains  numerous  scattered  cells  with  sandy  crys- 
tals of  calcium  oxalate,  and  somewhat  larger  oil  cells  with  colorless 
