. 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. 84 COMMERCIAL BOTANY. attention about 1835, and the alkaloid was further examiued in 1843. The supply of Greenheart bark to the English market is very irregular. Matico (Piper omgustifolium).— This is a shrub belong- ing to the natural order Piperacese, native of Bolivia, Peru,. Belladonna (Atroya Belladonna). Brazil, Venezuela, and New Granada.


. 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. 84 COMMERCIAL BOTANY. attention about 1835, and the alkaloid was further examiued in 1843. The supply of Greenheart bark to the English market is very irregular. Matico (Piper omgustifolium).— This is a shrub belong- ing to the natural order Piperacese, native of Bolivia, Peru,. Belladonna (Atroya Belladonna). Brazil, Venezuela, and New Granada. Matieo, as seen in commerce, consists of the broken and compressed leaves, which are very thick and very rough on the surface ; they have a pleasant, somewhat pungent odour, and a bitterish aromatic taste. They are used, either softened in water or reduced to a powder, to stop bleeding, and an infusion pre-. 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, 1837-1920. London [etc. ] : Cassell & company, limited


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