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,

PEDICULUS CAPITIS (COMMON LOUSE) It is scarcely necessary to give a description of this species which is sufficiently known; we shall content ourselves with indicating the principal characteristics which distinguish

PAULLINIA PINNATA PAUL. PAULLINIA TIMBO (VELL). -PORTUG.: GUARATIMBO, TIMBO-SIPO, CURURU-APÉ. This beautiful liana is commonly found in the woods of Brazil; its stem, of a flexible and tenacious wood, furnishes

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 many

OCIMUM CANUM (D. C.) OCIM. OCIMUM INCANESCENS (MART.) OCIMUM FLUMINENSE (WELLS.) PORTUG.: ALFAVACA THIs is an herbaceous plant having an aromatic odor, with an erect and ramose stem, about 16