Am.  Jour.  Pharm., 
Dec,  1885. 
Materia  Medica  of  the  Mexican  Pharmacopoeia.  603 
Alas,  fat  and  chlorophyll  12,  extractive  and  resin  14,  bitter  principle 
9,  gum  18,  tannin  15,  salts  5,  tissue  27  per  cent.;  the  resin  is  stated 
to  be  the  active  portion.  The  decoction  is  used  as  an  antisyphilitic, 
and  topically  for  the  cure  of  ulcei-s.  Alas  states  that  the  alcoholic 
extract  is  a  good  hemostatic,  and  the  bitter  principle,  nessine,  has  feb- 
rifuge properties. 
Heno,  Tillandsia  usneoides,  Xm.;  Bromeliacese ;  in  the  Mexican 
valley,  etc.  The  plant  is  used  as  an  astringent.  This  is  the  so-called 
long  moss  of  our  Southern  States. 
Hipericon.  Under  this  name  the  flowering  tops  of  several  species 
of  Hypericum  are  used  for  their  astringent  and  balsamic  properties, 
namely  H.  perforatum,  Lin.,  var.  mexicanum  (?),  H.  denticulatum,  H. 
fastigiatum,  H.  formosum,  Humboldt  et  Bonjpland.  A  composite 
plant,  Tagetes  lucida,  Cav.,  vulgarly  known  as  periquillo,  is  sometimes 
used  in  the  place  of  the  former. 
Hisopo  de  Mexico,  Salvia  axillaris,  Mocino  et  Sesse;  Labiatse ;  in 
Guadalajara,  etc.  Reputed  to  possess  the  properties  of  hyssop.  The 
leaves  are  linear-oblong,  acute,  entire,  narrowed  at  the  base,  and  rough- 
hairy  ;  the  axillary  verticils  contain  2  to  6  flowers.  The  plant  resem- 
bles thyme  in  aspect,  and  has  an  aromatic  odor  and  bitter  taste.  Ver- 
bena ciliata,  the  alfombrilla  silvestre,  which  is  often  substituted  for  the 
former,  is  sufficiently  distinguished  by  being  inodorous.  Salvia  poly- 
stachya,  Ortega,  and  Salvia  linearis,  Mocino,  are  also  frequently  called 
hyssop. 
Hojas  de  San  Pedro,  Daphne  salicif olia,  Kunih;  Thymelacese;  in 
the  State  of  Morelos.  The  leaves  are  epispastic;  the  bark  might 
probably  be  used  as  a  substitute  for  mezereon. 
Huacamote  is  the  starch  of  Manihot  Aipi,  Pohl. 
Huamuchil,  Mimosa  Unguis-cati,  Willdenow ;  Leguminosse ;  in  the 
hot  and  moist  regions  of  the  eastern  slope  of  the  Mexican  cordillera. 
The  bark  is  astringent;  the  fruit  is  edible,  the  juice  of  the  seed  pro- 
duces an  abundant  secretion  of  the  nose,  and  the  powder  is  used  for 
cleaning  ulcers  from  maggots  and  for  cicatrizing  old  ulcers. 
Huanita,  Morelosia  Huanita,  La  LJave  et  Lexarza;  Boraginaceae ; 
in  the  State  of  Michoacan.  The  bark  is  used  as  an  antiperiodic  and 
astringent. 
Huauzontle,  Blitum  Bonus-Henricus,  Reichenhach;  Chenopodiacese. 
The  flowering  tops  are  laxative. 
