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and branching, attaining a height of several feet, 
adorned with compound leaves, the upper por- 
tions of which are thrice ternate with linear leaf- 
lets; the lower leaves, however, are pinnate and 
cut somewhat like the parsley, notched and ser- 
rated; flowers white and occasionally pink, del- 
icate pink on umbels, with five stamens and two 
pistils. The fruit (Fructus Coriandrum) as 
found in commerce is made up of two concave 
hemispherical portions, the whole forming a 
globe about one-fifth of an inch in diameter, 
with four or more lines forming ridges (oil 
tubes) ; the pericarp is of a light brown color 
and chaffy in texture, with one or more seeds 
somewhat uniform in shape. Coriander is car- 
minative, stomachic and stimulating in its ac- 
tion; dose 8 to 3o grains (seldom prescribed), 
given in form of an infusion. Coriander forms 
one of the ingredients in the infusion Gentian 
Co., Infusion of Sennz and conf. of Senne. 
The name is derived from the Greek word forts, 
a bug, because the plant has an odor resembling 
the bed bug. 
Cubeba, Cubeb Bacca, from the Cubeba 
Officinalis.—Natural order Piperacee, This 
perennial climbing piant is a native of Java and 
other parts of the East Indies; it is also culti- 
vated in other tropical countries. The stem is 
jointed, flexuous and adorned with oblong leaves, 
strongly nerved and cordate at their base; flow- 
ers have no corolla, but two stamens and three 
pistils, arranged on peduncles. The fruit 
(berry) is small and gathered when not fully 
ripe; as found in commerce and the stores, the 
cubeb is globular in shape, about 4 of an inch 
