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Brazilian  Drugs. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
Dec,  1884. 
Jaborandi. — Mr.  Peckolt  remarks  that  various  leaves  of  other 
rutaceous  plants,  more  especially  of  the  genus  Xanthoxylum,  are 
exported  under  this  name  by  ignorant  collectors  (see  Pharm.  Journ., 
October  20,  1883,  p.  476,  and  Pharm.  Centralhalle,  No.  37,  1875). 
Jurumbeba  (Solanum  insidiosum,  Mart). — The  leaves  and  unripe 
fruit  are  much  used  at  Rio  in  vesical  catarrh  and  liver  disease.  The 
drug  is  taken  in  the  form  of  wine  or  pills  and  a  plaster  made  with  the 
extract  is  also  applied  externally.  The  dose  of  the  leaves  is  2  grams 
in  500  grams  of  infusion,  a  wineglassful  being  taken  four  times  a  day ; 
of  the  extract  0*051  gram  in  the  form  of  a  pill  four  times  daily.  (See 
also  "Amer.  Jour.  Phar.,"  1877,  p.  506.) 
JIangueira. — The  flowers  of  the  mango,  Mangifera  indica,  L. 
(Anacardiacecp),  are  used  either  in  the  form  of  tea  or  powder  for 
catarrh  of  the  bladder.  The  powder  is  also  used  in  the  form  of 
fumigation  against  mosquitoes. 
Rosa  de  Caboclo. — The  freshly  expressed  juice  of  the  Indian  rose 
plant,  Langsdorffia  hypogcea,  Mart.  (Balanophomcea?),  is  used  as  an 
aphrodisiac,  and  the  flower  buds  are  eaten  by  the  Indians. 
On  analysis  1,000  grams  of  the  fresh  roots  of  the  plant  yielded 
9*01o  grams  of  a  soft  bitter  resin,  and  7*768  grams  of  a  yellow  resin- 
ous acid  soluble  in  ether,  3*137  per  cent,  of  a  brown  resin  insoluble  in 
ether,  4*018  per  cent,  of  a  crystallized  vegetable  acid,  32*100  grams 
of  a  wax  giving  off  a  vanilla  odor  when  heated,  as  does  also  the 
extract  of  the  root.  The  vegetable  acid  does  not  correspond  in 
chemical  reactions  with  any  known  acid  and  seems  to  deserve  further 
investigation. 
Cipo  de  Chumbo  (Cuscuta  racemosa,  Mart.). — The  expressed  juice 
of  the  fresh  plant  is  used  in  menorrhagia  and  catarrhal  affections.  The 
decoction  is  taken  internally  and  used  externally  for  crusta  ladea  and 
as  a  gargle  for  inflammation  of  the  throat.  The  powdered  herb  is  said 
to  be  useful  as  a  vulnerary. 
.  Castanha  de  Cera  (Pad dm,  Sp.). — The  leaves  possess  mucilaginous 
properties.  The  seeds  contain  25*385  per  cent,  of  a  colorless  fat,  melt- 
ing at  77°F.  and  are  edible.    The  tree  affords  a  strong  bast. 
Crua  or  Melao  do  babodo  (Sicana  odorifera,  Xaud.,  Cucurbitaceoz). 
—In  the  ripe  state  it  (the  fruit)  has  a  very  pleasant  odor.  The  juice 
is  used  as  a  refrigerant  and  antifebrile  remedy,  and  the  seeds  are 
regarded  as  a  powerful  emmenagogue. 
Fava  contra  {Canavalia  gladiata,  DC.  Leguminosw.) — The  seeds 
