Bark - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 55491 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 67.01 MYRTACEAE Leptospermum sp | Entry Book Number | 154:1875 | |
| Artefact Name | Bark | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | New Zealand | TDWG Region | New Zealand | ||
| Parts Held | Bark | Geography Description | New Zealand | ||
| Uses | BarkUse: MEDICINES User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Society of Apothecaries | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 06/12/1875 | Donor Notes | Bradford Edwardx0Dx0A | ||
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| Notes: | Label source: This bark comes nearer that of Leptospermum than any other I know. IRT ? Opuscular source: Apothecaries Hall Blackfriars, London E.C. Dec 4th 1875. Dear Sir, I beg least to forward herewith a specimen of bark which has been sent from New Z, ealand to the Society of Apothecaries and which is alleged to have valuable medicinal properties. As there is no means available here of ascertaining to what natural order the tree belongs. I take the liberty of requesting that you will permit an examinat, ion of the specimen in the Museum at Kew in order that if possible it may be identified. I am dear sir very faithfully yours, Edward Bradford. 2. Harrow N.W. Dec. 8th 1875. Dear sir, In reply to your note of the 6th instant I am only able to inform you th, at the specimen of bark which has been submitted to you has been recieved from Auckland New Zealand without any name or clue to the plant or tree from which it is derived. It has been sent by a person quite destitute of scientific knowledge, but powerful, tionic qualities are ascribed to it. It has been found to contain a large proportion of tannin with some cytraction & saccharide matter and trace of an alkaloid. It is said to grow ?? in the uncultivated parts of the island. It is probable thatits medici, nal qualities are much exaggerated. Very faithfully yours Edward Bradford. To Thistleton Dyer. Kew. | ||||