Betel nuts |Areca catechu |Malay Penin. |Chewed. ” |Areca laxa |Andaman Is. | ” ” |Areca Nagonsis |E. Bengal | ” ” |Areca Dicksoni |Malabar | ” Kassu (extract) |Areca catechu |India | ” Cowry (extract) |Areca catechu |Mysore | ” Kutt or catechu |Acacia catechu |India | ” Gambir |Uncaria gambir |Singapore &c.|Chewed. ” |Uncaria sp. | ” | ” Betel pepper |Chavica betle |Malay Penin. |Chewed with leaves | | | betel ” |Chavica siraboa | ” | ” Blk. pepper leaves|Piper nigrum |Singapore | ” Ava pepper |Macropiper methysticum |S. Seas | ” Roots of |Derris pinnata | ” |Subs. for betel Roots of |Cocos nucifera |Ceylon | ” Guayabo bark |Psidium guayaba |Phillippines | ” Antipolo bark | ” | ” | ” V.——COCA. Coca leaves |Erythroxylon coca |Peru |Masticatory VI.——THORN-APPLE. Florispondio seeds|Datura sanguinea |N. Granada. |Drank in infusion. Thorn Apple leaves| ” stramonium |Europe |Smoked. ” seeds | ” arborea |Peru | ” ” ” | ” fatuosa |Egypt | ” ” ” | ” ferox |China | ” ” ” | ” tatula |Asia |By the Delphic oracle. ” ” | ” metel |W. Asia |As an opiate. Belladonna leaves |Atropa belladonna |Europe |Smoked. Henbane leaves |Hyoscyamus niger |India |Mixed with haschish. Leaves of |Rhododendron chrysanthum|Siberia |Chewed. Flowers of |Rhododendron arboreum |India | ” Foxglove leaves |Digitalis purpurea | ” |Mixed with haschisch. VII.——AMANITA. Fly agaric |Amanita muscaria |Siberia |Swallowed. ——————————————————+——————————————————————————+—————————-+———————————— M’CORQUODALE & CO., PRINTERS, LONDON—WORKS, NEWTON. FOOTNOTES: [1] The learned in the lore of ancient Rome may charge us, if they will, with a grievous wrong in considering Sleep as one of the softer sex, inasmuch as Somnus was one of the elder of the “_lords_ of the creation.” We confess to an inclination towards the “_ladies_ of the creation;” and in this matter especially