250 IKISH PLANTS OBSERVED IN JULY, 1895. transcribe what Gomes says about him: — *'Ha/;co/m«m vocavi in memoriam Philippi Hancornii, natione Augli, et apud Lusitanos in Navali militia benemeriti Divisionis Ducis, quippe qui non modo Rerum Naturalium studiosus est, sed etiam studiosorum fautor, eoque maxime quod dum Classi, qua Medici partes agebam, anno 1797 in Brasiliam missse Pr^fectus erat, Observationes Botanico- Medicas illic instituendi opportunitates benevolo mihi largitus est, reversusque Olysiponem hisce adhuc redigendis favere prosecutus fuit, oblatis .nonnullis haud vulgaribus Botanices libris, munere mihi maxime occasionis ergo acceptissimo." — /. c. 51. Skolemora Pernambucensis. Angelim.
"The fruit of this tree possesses the strongest vegetable anthelminthic properties with which I am acquainted. It is necessary to be careful in the use of it, for if the dose is too large, the medicine will attack the nervous system, and produce convulsions. The common dose is one-fourth part of a seed for an adult. I know of three species of this plant." — Koster, 498.
Angelim is a general name for several species of Andira (Brev. not. 5, and Miers Cat. Woods), and Skolemora is clearly synonymous with that genus : 8. pernambucensis, judging from the properties described = A. anthelminthica Benth. or A. vermifwja Mart.
Spondia tuberosa. Jmbuzeiro. Koster, 496. Jackson enters this as *'sp. dub." It is Spondias venulosa Ma,vt., as will be seen by comparing Arruda's description of the use made of its fruit — "With [the juicy pulp] and milk, curds, and sugar, a much esteemed mess is made, called imhuzada" — with that given by Engler of S. piirpurea[1] in Fl. Bras. xii. ii. 415 — *'pulpa dulci et aromatica donati, cum saccharo et lacte in Brasilia media inter secundarum mensium delicia, locum habent (Imbusada)." Gardner (Travels, 231) gives a similar account. The name (as Spondi'as tuberosa) occurs in Said. PI. Alim. Bres. 18 (1867) ; and in Peckolt's Hist. PI. Alim. de Gozo, 54 (1874).
Unona carminativa. Embira Vermelha. Koster, 489. = Xylopia sericea St. Hil. PI. No. Bras. t. 33 !
IRISH PLANTS OBSERVED IN JULY, 1895. By Rev. E. S. Marshall, M.A., F.L.S., & W. A. Shoolbred,M.R.C.S.
The species mentioned below were collected between July 2nd and 16th. An enforced stay of two or three hours at Ferryhill, opposite Waterford, in Co. Kilkenny (List. 3 of Cybele Uibernica), enabled us to secure several interesting brambles on the hills above the Suir;
- ↑ Although referred to S. purpurea, it is clear from the context that the statement about the Brazilian use of the fruit refers to the var. j8, veimlosa, as the type does not occur in Brazil. Engler subsequently (DC. Mon. Phan. iv. 245) restored this to specific rank; the name cited by Jackson from Engler should stand in Index Kewemis as "S. venulosa Mart. Syn. Mat. Med. 77 (1843)."
