‘184 4 COMPENDIUM OF 
The spirit of myrcia is made artificially by the 
means of the oil and the fluid extract, neither of 
which can compare in delicacy of odor to that 
distilled from the leaf; although the Dispensa- 
tory recognizes a spirit made from the oil in 
combination with the oils of orange and Pimento. 
See page 1358. The finer qualities of bay rum 
are redistilled. 
Pilocarpus, Jaborandi, Pilocarpus Pennati- 
folius.—Natural order Rutacee. This peren- 
nial shrub is a native of Brazil and is ornamented 
‘with leathery, glossy-green leaves, the under 
sides of which are of a browish-yellow color. 
‘They are oval or ovate in shape, terminating at 
the apex in two rounded corners somewhat cor- 
date in character, the midrib running up to the 
bifurcation ; the veins are distinctly marked; 
under the lens the tissue (parenchyma) between 
the veins is dotted with many minute glands or 
cells. The leaves are from 2 to 6 inches long, 
and become brown or brownish-red on drying; 
they have an agreeable aromatic odor and a pun- 
gent taste; flowers in long spikes axillary and 
terminal with five petals, five stamens; calyx 
‘short and five-toothed ; stamens shorter than 
the petals and inserted beneath an annular disc; 
style short and simple; seed black, an gular and 
often solitary, Jaborandi contains resin, tannin, 
volatile otl, potassium chloride, the active prin- 
Ciple pelocarpine and Jaborine, the former alka- 
loid having the physiological effects analagotis — 
to those of nicotine, while the latter resemblés 
atropine in its action. Pilocarpine forms com- 
pound alkaloidal substances with the acids nitric, 
hydrochloric, phosphoric and hydrobromic, re- 
