with down. The 
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put up in form of syrups for the cure of con- 
sumption and its kindred diseases, The root is 
said to have its best virtues at the end of the 
second or third fall or spring of its growth. It 
contains, according to analysis, an acid resin, 
inulin and helenin, and bitter extractive matter; 
its camphor-like taste is due, it is said, to a vola- 
tile oil termed alantol, orinulol, Inulin has much 
the same composition as starch, which differs 
from starch by Iodine giving to its solutions a 
yellow color which it is said to replace the order 
of Composite. Inulin is a white, tasteless, 
inodorous crystalline powder, soluble in hot 
water. The dose of the decoction is 1 to 2 fl. 
3 _(4 to 8 grams), two or three times daily. 
Ipecacuanha, Ipecac, Cephzlis Ipecacuanha. 
—Natural order Rubiacez. Ipecac is a peren- 
_ nial shrub found gtowing in Brazil and other 
parts of South America, and attains the height 
of 12 to 18 inches (30 to 45 centimeters) ; the 
stem. is ascending and often rooting near the 
ground, At the top the stem is pubescent ; 
leaves ont and numbering six to eight, 
they are obovate, oblong, rough, with a deli- 
cate pubescence on their under surface. Pe- 
duncles axillary, Solitary, erect, and covered 
] inflorescence is in clusters, 
_ white and funnel for 
m, which are followed by 
a oar of berry-like 
