Barringtonia.

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Barringtonia. Barringtonia speciosa.—The large Indo-Malayan tree, Barringtonia speciosa Forst. (Fam. Myrtaceae) contains, according to Maresuw, 3.3 per cent. of barringtonin, a colorless, amorphous glucoside, having the formula C₁₈H₂₈O₁₀, and belonging to the saponin group. It is said to be an active cardiac poison. (S. W. P., xli, 1903, pp. 423, 43,5.)

The Dispensatory of the United States of America, 1918, was edited by Joseph P. Remington, Horatio C. Wood and others.