>■ 
■s 
t * 
^- 
and contains a milky j 
.he ftalks 
1 
numerous^ {lender, twin] 
iin 
f 
(I ■rr~^i''pnr 
P 
act tliemfelves up 
of iifteen or twenty feet 
d, or nei«;libourin^>- trees, to the 
iliaped, fmooth 
fab 
ht green colour, and ftand upon long footftalks : the fl 
funnel-iliaped, yellowifli, p 
;ed in pairs upon the pedicles 
ording to Dr. Ruffe! 
four emarginated 
d 
lyx is double, confift 
■rf^ 
I. 
aflets in each row : the cap 
is three and 
fometimes four locular,* containing feeds of a pyramid 
fh 
ap 
t>- 
N 
P 
of 
dried 
ant p 
ffes 
y 
me 
'-^ 
quality but the 
, . which 
1 
Riiffel adminiftered in decodion, and found it t® be 
d mild 
from the milky j 
of the root that we obtain the oiEc 
Scammony, which is procured in the fo 
P 
5^ 
afa 
wdio colled it in th 
b 
ninm 
ownn 
of -J 
manner by the 
<C a 
Having 
ed 
away 
^ 
the earth from ab 
they cut off th 
C4 
6f f. 
ea 
about two inches below wh 
the ftalks 
prm 
Ja. 
\ 
/ 
Under the moft depending part of the ilope they 
iC 
fl 
IX a iliell, or fome other convenient receptacle, mto 
C( 
a 
i( 
cc 
u 
<£ 
Ci 
Iky 
radually fl 
It 
ic 
5 
7hich the 
left there about twelve hour 
which time is fufficient for draining off the whole juice : thi 
hov/ever, 
few dram 
often into 
is in fmall quantity, each root affording but a very 
Iliis j 
is put together 
o 
of an 
from the f< 
old boot, for want of fome niore proper 
effeh where in a little time it 
hard 
d 
the 
genume 
Scammony 
?j 
This concrete is a gummy-refm, generally of 
N 
light, fliining, grey 
Aleppo and Smy 
valued than the 
b 
fo 
3ur, and friable texture. It is brought from 
that which comes from the latter place is lefs 
d is fuppofed to be more ponderous and 
of a deeper colour ; but the colour affords no tell of th 
roo 
dnefs 
The Cap 
* Dr. Ruirel's Defcription of this plant in the Medical Obfervatlons and Inquiries, 
f 
o to the places where the Scammony is col- 
V. I. p. i8. 
leaed, and there buying it while yet foft, have an opportunity of mixing it with fuch 
things as beft anfwers their purpofe ; as wheat-flower, afties, fine fand, with all ot 
^^.^hich Dr. Ruffel found it adulterated. The pureft Scammony. is therefore the molt 
adive and moil folubl 
/ 
of 
r\ 
