BOTANIC MATERIA MEDICA, 79 
_ very rough, of a purple brown color, with little 
or no odor; taste very astringent and bitter; 
contains, according to analysis, about 17 per 
cent. of tannin; it contains also mucilage, su- 
gar, volatile oil, resin and the salts of potassium 
and sodium. Has been used with some success 
as an astringent in pulmonary and uterine hem- 
orrhage in doses of from 8 to 30 grains ( cen- 
tigrams to 2 grams). No longer an officinal 
remedy, but still used as a domestic remedy in 
many parts of the country, where it may be 
found in abundance. Rarely found in the 
stores. 
Stillingia, Stillingia Sylvatica, Queen’s Root, 
Queen’s Delight, Yaw Root, Silver Leaf, etc. 
—Natural order Euphorbiacee. This is a pe- 
rennial, milky plant growing in the dry sandy 
soil of the Southern States of America. The 
stems are straight, and are 2 or 3 feet (60 to 
go centimeters) in height, bearing lanceolate 
and finely serrated leaves, somewhat spread- 
ing and smooth; the flowers are in spikes 
or catkins, very small; the leaves are almost 
sessile. The upper flowers are staminate and 
the lower ones pistilate. The root as it occurs 
in commerce is 12 inches (30 centimeters) long 
and 2 inches (50 millimeters) in diameter, taper- 
ing downward and not much branched, com- 
pact, tough, and much wrinkled, of alight brown 
externally and of a pale pink internally. The 
odor is not pleasant, and the taste pungent, bit- 
ter, and acrid; it contains starch, resin, and a 
bitter principle. The so-called oil of stillingia 
(according to Mr. Saunders) is really an ethereal 
extract, and has little of the persistent acrimony 
