. Commercial botany of the nineteenth century. A record of progress in the utilisation of vegetable products in the United Kingdom, and the introduction of economic plants into the British colonies, during the present century. Botany, Economic; Botany. 80 COMMERCIAL BOTANY. the orange, which fruit it much resembles. Though it has long been known in India as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhoea, it was not till about the year 1850 that it began to attract attention as a medicine in Europe. Quassia 'Wood (Picrcena excelsa).^A tree of 50 or 60 feet high, belonging to the natural order Simarubese.
. Commercial botany of the nineteenth century. A record of progress in the utilisation of vegetable products in the United Kingdom, and the introduction of economic plants into the British colonies, during the present century. Botany, Economic; Botany. 80 COMMERCIAL BOTANY. the orange, which fruit it much resembles. Though it has long been known in India as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhoea, it was not till about the year 1850 that it began to attract attention as a medicine in Europe. Quassia 'Wood (Picrcena excelsa).^A tree of 50 or 60 feet high, belonging to the natural order Simarubese. It is common in Jamaica, and is also found in Antigua and St. Vincent's. Quassia wood was originally derived from Quassia amara, a tree botanically allied to that under dis-. QUASSIA (Picrmta excelsa), cussion, and a native of Panama, Venezuela, Guiana, and Northern Brazil; but in 1809 it was supei-seded by the wood of Picrcena excelsa, which is a tree of much larger size, and more abundant. The wood is used as a stomachic and tonic, and is usually seen in the druggists' in the form of chips or turnings. The bitter cups, which were common a few years ago, and which gave a bitter draught by allow- ing water to stand in them for a short time, were turned out of this wood. Quassia has a slightly narcotic effect on the higher animals, but is poisonous to Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jackson, John Reader, 1837-. London [etc. ] Cassell & Company, Limited
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