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SOLANUM TUBEROSUM GROTANS SOL. T. G.-DISEASED POTATO A description of the potato in a work destined for European pharmaceutists and physicians would be entirely useless; so well and so universally

SOLANUM OLERACEUM (VELLOZ.) SOL. OL. – PORTUG.: GYQUIRIOBA, JUQUERIOBA. This is an herbaceous plant with a creeping and somewhat ligneous, cylindrical stem, the upper branches being covered with short and

SOLANUM ARREBENTA (VELL.) SOL. AR. PORTUG.: ARREBENTA CAVALLOS THIs bush grows spontaneously in the provinces of Rio Janeiro, along roads and in cultivated places. It is from 10 to 16

SEDINHA SEDINHA HERBACEOUS plant, with a slender, round and pubescent stem; the leaves are opposite, lanceolate and very sharp; their upper surface is hairy and of a darker green than

RESINA ITU ITU. This rosin which comes to us from the province of St. Paul, is used empirically for hernia. First day. -1. Stupefying pain in the head, worse when

PLUMBAGO LITTORALIS (NOBIS) P. LIT. PICAO Di PRAIA This is a creeper, inhabiting the shores in the bay of Rio Janeiro. Its stem is herbaceous, rounded, covered with short and

PETIVERIA TETRANDRA (GOM.) PET. MAPPA GRAVEOLENS (WELL.) PIPI. ERVA DE PIPI. This bush is common in the fields around Rio-Janeiro, where it blossoms the whole year. Its branches are erect,