PANACEA WE regret to say that we lost the drawings and the notes which we had collected about the tree called by the Brazilians "panacea" on account of the ...

OCIMUM CANUM (D. C.) OCIM. OCIMUM INCANESCENS (MART.) OCIMUM FLUMINENSE (WELLS.) PORTUG.: ALFAVACA THIs is an herbaceous plant having an aromatic odor, with ...

MYRISTICA SEBIFERA (SWARTZ.) MYR. VIROLA SEBIFERA (AUBLET). PORT.: UCUUBA THIS is a tree of some height, the trunk and branches of which are covered with a ...

MURURE LEITE MUR. L. This rosin is used as an anti-syphilitic. 1. Blennhorrhoeal discharge. Ulcers on the legs. Yellow and fetid urine. Cracking sensation in ...

MIMOSA HUMILIS. (WILD.) MIM. This species which is one of the smallest of the genus Mimosa, is found in the prairies around Rio-Janeiro. Its stem is feeble, ...

MELASTOMA ACKERMANI MELAST. TAPIXIRICA This species has never yet been described by authors. It is a bush with round branches, triangular at their ...

LEPIDIUM BONARIENSE (D. C.) LEP. MASTRUCO This plant is very common in the neighborhood of Rio, where it is found along the roads and in stony regions. It is ...

JANIPHA MANIHOT (KUNTH.) JAN. JATROPHA MANIHOT (LIN.) MANIHOT UTILISSIMA (POHL.) MANIOCA MANDI The manioca which is cultivated, a good deal in South-America, ...

ILLICIUM ANISATUM ANISUM STELLATUM BOTH the illicium anisatum and the millefolium, which have been introduced into our practice empirically, will undoubtedly ...

HURA BRAZILIENSIS. (WILD) HURA. ASSACÙ. OASSACÙ. This plant inhabits the equatorial regions of South-America, the provinces of Para, Rio-Negro, and the ...

HIPPOMANE MANCINELLA. (L.) HIPP. MANCINELLA VENENATA, TUSS. Although the poisonous properties of the mancinella have been very much exaggerated, it is ...

HEDYSARUM ILDEFONSIANUM (NOBIS) BED. DESMODIUM. PORTUG.: AMOR DO CAMPO. BARBA DE 101. CARAPICHO. ENGL.: BURDGCK THE brownish and ligneous stem of this plant ...