ALSO-RONA, ALSO-SEBES, ALSO-TVAROSZCZA, AL

- Soares (Hung.),. See under Rona, SEnES, TVAROSZCZA, and Vacza. See See | ALSRÔSCHEN (Ger.), n. A®lz'ru%s-ch7e?n. niger. ALSTONAMINE, n. A*l-sto?n'a?m-en. See ALS TO NINE. ALSTONTA (Lat.), n. f. A‘l-sto’ni?-a3, From Alston, a profe or of botany in Edinburgh. Fr., alslonie. 1. The genus Symplocos of Linnæus. [B, 170.] 2. A genus of ercy Aaceus shrubs or trees, established by R. Brown, distinguished by the presence of a tuft of silky hairs at each end of the seed and by the absence of nectary scales, {B. 19.)—A. bark. See Cortex alstonie.—A.-bit~ ter.. À dark-yellow, amorphous, non-nitrogenous substance obtained from À. constrict a. [B, 180.|—A. constrict a. The Australian fever-tree; a species growing in Australia, said to furnish the principles als to nine and alstonicine. The bark is used in Austral a as an adjuvant to quinine. {3 8, 49.]—A. scholar is [R. Brown]. Syn.: Echites scholar is [Linnæus]. The devil-tree; a large tree growing in the East Indies, the bark of which is used in medicine. See Cortex alstoniæ. [B, 33, 95.|—A. spectabilis [R. A species furnishing the Poelé-bark of Java, _[L, 65.]—A. See Symprocos a.—A. venenata [R. Brown]. An ian species having an acrid and poisonous milky juice. f 180.|—Cortex alstoni: Fr., écorce de dite [Fr. Cod.]. Dita bark, the bark of A. scholar is; official in the Fr. Cod. and the Ind. Ph., 1868. It occurs in flattened pieces about 6 inches long, with a warty, fi ured surface, brownish in color, breaks with a splintery fracture, and is almost odorle , but has a bitter taste. It is used as a tonic and antiperiodic. [B, 95; L, 65.]