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is six-parted (a term used only when the flower 
has but one envelope); each flower has six sta- 
mens and a three-parted ovary, three capsules; 
is three celled and many seeded The bulb is 
the medicinal part of the plant, which is ovoided 
or pear-shaped, partially growing above ground. 
The bulb is four or five inches in diameter and 
about two inches (5 centimeters) in length. 
Squills occurs in the stores in dried, irregular 
shaped pieces bent upon themselves, having a 
yellowish-white appearance. The taste is bitter; 
odor little or none; very tough and not easily 
broken; when powdered, squills become one 
solid mass if long exposed to the air. Squills 
contains /2me, oxalate, an uncrystallizable sugar 
and a series of active principles termed scillip- 
icrin, scillitoxin, scillin, and a glucuside called 
scillain, poisonous, which is soluble in acetic 
acid and alcohol, Squills is expectorant, di- 
uretic, cathartic and emetic in its effects, and is 
given in form of vinegar fluid, extract, powder, 
syrup, compounds syrup, tincture, and in com- 
bination with other remedies, the dose being 1 
to ro grains of the powder (0.03 to .06 grams); 
of the syrup, from ¥% to 1 fluid drachm (2 to 4 
grams), and proportionately of the wine and 
fluid extract. The officinal preparations are the 
vinegar, fluid extract, syrups, pills of ipecac and 
_Squills, and compound pills of squills. The name 
is derived from the Greek word skilla, a sea 
onion. 
_Salep, Salep, Salop, Orchis Mascula. Nat- 
ural order Orchidacez, This plant is a native 
of Asia Minor, Turkey and Central Europe. The 
finest is said to come from India, and is derived 
