^"ja0nuriS6arm"}  Materia  Medica  of  the  Mexican  Pharmaeopwia.  21 
Limoncillo,  Dalea  citriodora,  Willdenow;  Leguminosae ;  in  the  tem- 
perate sections  of  Mexico.    The  plant  is  used  as  an  antiperiodic. 
Linaloe  de  Mexico,  Amyris  Linaloe,  La  Llave;  Terebinthaceae ;  in 
hot  districts  along  the  western  slope  of  the  mountains.  The  wood  is 
rich  in  volatile  oil,  and  is  used  for  perfume. 
Macallo,  Andira  excelsa,  Kunth;  Leguminosse;  in  Tabasco,  &c. 
The  description  of  the  bark  and  its  constituents  and  properties  agrees 
with  that  published  in  the  Amer.  Jour.  Phar.  1879,  p.  392-394.1 
Dr.  Rosado  states  that  the  wood  seems  to  possess  energetic  properties, 
since  the  emanations  from  it  produce  inflammation  of  the  eye  which 
effect  has  also  been  observed  from  other  species  of  Andira. 
The  following  more  or  less  well  known  drugs  have  found  a  place 
in  the  Mexican  Pharmacopoeia :  Macias  (mace),  Maiz  (corn  meal,  &c), 
Malva  (M.  rotundifolia  and  M.  vitifolia),  Mana  (manna),  Manganesa 
(black  Oxide  of  manganese),  Manzanilla  del  pais  (German  chamomile), 
Manzanilla  romana  (Roman  chamomile),  Marihuana  (Cannabis  indica), 
Marrubio  (horehound),  Matico,  Mejorana  or  Almoraduz  (sweet  mar- 
>  joram),  Meliloto  (melilot,  sweet  clover),  Melon  (musk  melon;  the  root 
emetic;  the  seeds  diuretic  and  antiblennorrhagic),  Membrillo  (quince; 
the  fruit,  juice  and  seed),  Mezereon,  Michoacan  (mechoacan  root; 
Batatas  Jalapa,  De  Cand.),  Miei  virgen  (honey),  Mil  en  rama  (yarrow), 
Mirra  (myrrh),  Mirtillo  (the  European  bilberry,  Vaccinium  Myrtillus ; 
used  in  diarrhoeas),  Moral  (white  and  black  mulberry),  Mostaza  (white 
and  black  mustard  seed),  Musgo  de  Corcega  (Corsican  moss),  Nabo 
(turnip;  pectoral),  Naranjo  agrio  (bitter  orange;  the  leaves,  flowers, 
pericarp  and  juice  of  the  fruit),  Nogal  (walnut;  the  leaves,  pericarp 
and  kernel,  the  latter  for  obtaining  its  fixed  oil),  Nuez  moscada  (nut- 
meg), Nuez  vomica,  and  Namole  (poke  root  and  berries). 
Maguey  manso,  Agave  potatorum,  Salm,  and  A.  salmiana,  Hort.; 
Amaryllidaceae ;  in  the  Mexican  valley,  the  plains  of  Apam,  Tlaxcala, 
<fec.  The  leaves  are  rubefacient  and  epispastic,  and  are  employed  for 
frictions  in  tetanus;  the  root  has  diuretic,  diaphoretic  and  antisyphi- 
litic  properties.  The  leaf-fibres  are  used  for  making  ropes,  various 
textile  fabrics  and  paper.  The  juice  is  known  as  aguamiel  (see  Amer. 
Jour.  Phar.  1885,  p.  234),  and  this  by  fermentation  yields: 
Pulque,  Yinum  agaves.    This  liquid  has  a  milky  appearance,  a 
1  A  sample  of  macalline  described  in  1879,  was  sent  to  us  by  Mr.  Donde*  in 
1880,  and  proved  to  be  mainly  calcium  sulphate.  We  have  not  seen  any  later 
researches  on  macallo  bark. — Editor. 
