Conspectus of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacal Botany: Comprising the Vegetable and Animal Drugs; Their Physical Character, Geographical Origin, Classification, Constituents, Doses, Adulterations, &cG.S. Davis, 1880 - 220 pages |
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Page 40
... transverse section of Exo- genous stems . 4. BARK . - Outer covering of stem , growing by additions inter- nally ; it consists of : a . Endophloum ( endon within ) or inner coat ; this is the liber or bast tissue of wood cells . These ...
... transverse section of Exo- genous stems . 4. BARK . - Outer covering of stem , growing by additions inter- nally ; it consists of : a . Endophloum ( endon within ) or inner coat ; this is the liber or bast tissue of wood cells . These ...
Page 48
... transversely into joints . CAPSULE . Any dry , dehiscent , seed vessel . SILIQUE . The long pod of the Mustard family . SILICLE . The short pod of the Mustard family . COMPOUND FRUIT . Fruit from several pistils combined . STROBILE ...
... transversely into joints . CAPSULE . Any dry , dehiscent , seed vessel . SILIQUE . The long pod of the Mustard family . SILICLE . The short pod of the Mustard family . COMPOUND FRUIT . Fruit from several pistils combined . STROBILE ...
Page 61
... transverse section its woody bundles are seen to be confined to the central part , enclosed by a brown ring . Within this ring the bundles are closely united to form a woody zone . The very centre of the section consists of white ...
... transverse section its woody bundles are seen to be confined to the central part , enclosed by a brown ring . Within this ring the bundles are closely united to form a woody zone . The very centre of the section consists of white ...
Page 63
... transversely , it shows an indistinct radiate structure , with a somewhat darker cambial zone separating the thick bark from the woody nucleus . The pith is not well defined , and is often wanting . In the old roots , the bark is ...
... transversely , it shows an indistinct radiate structure , with a somewhat darker cambial zone separating the thick bark from the woody nucleus . The pith is not well defined , and is often wanting . In the old roots , the bark is ...
Page 65
... transversely with numerous rings . Grayish brown externally ; in- ternally , of a more orange tint . Spongy , soft texture ; feeble , pecu- liar odor ; intensely bitter taste , without being nauseous . The root is tough and flexible ...
... transversely with numerous rings . Grayish brown externally ; in- ternally , of a more orange tint . Spongy , soft texture ; feeble , pecu- liar odor ; intensely bitter taste , without being nauseous . The root is tough and flexible ...
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Page 83 - ... from half an inch to an inch and a half in diameter, and...
Page 203 - Special formulae made and coated to order, when desired, in lots of 3,000 or upwards. MEDICATED LOZENGES. Lozenges are of use in pharyngeal troubles that yield to ordinary medication. By being slowly dissolved, the medicament they contain is brought into contact with the diseased mucous membranes...
Page 72 - Bark comes in cylindrical pieces of variable length, sometimes singly, sometimes doubly quilled, from two lines to an inch in diameter, and from half a line to two or three lines in thickness — the best kinds being about the size of a goose-quill.
Page 110 - Menthol occurs as colorless, acicular or prismatic crystals, having a strong and pure odor of peppermint and a warm, aromatic taste, followed by a sensation of cold when air is drawn into the mouth.
Page 36 - Hade ; the hypogynous /lowers imbricated with 2-ranked glumes or bracts : the outer pair (glumes proper) subtending the spikelet of one or several flowers ; the inner pair...
Page 46 - ... musk-melon. In the midst of the pulp is a long, boatshaped seed or stone, sharply pointed at both ends, of a mahogany color and high polish, except where this color and polish is interrupted by the rough scar, which occupies about a third of the surface, from end to end. The whole size of the fruit is from three to six inches in length, and from two to three in thickness. Sometimes there are two seeds in one fruit, always polished and beautiful, and of large size. There is, I believe, a variety...
Page 90 - ... up, oval, pointed at both extremities, entire, pretty smooth, of a dusky green colour on their upper surface, and paler beneath. The flowers, which are supported upon solitary peduncles and rise from the axils of the leaves, are about an inch long, of a dingy...
Page 76 - The degree of bitterness in the bark is probably the best criterion of the value of the different species.
Page 140 - It is about the size of a large horse bean, being somewhat more than an inch in length by three-fourths of an inch in breadth, with a very firm, hard, brittle, shining integuments of a brownish-red, pale chocolate, or nrli-gray color.
Page 108 - ... the midrib being strongest. At each division of the panicle there are two small bracts. The yellow corolla is rotate, 4-lobed, with glandular pits above the base ; the calyx is onethird the length of the petals, which are about half an inch long. The one-celled bivalved capsule contains numerous seeds. The flowers share the intense bitterness of the whole drug. The wood of the stronger stems is devoid of the bitter principles.