260 A COMPENDIUM OF 
sedative properties, and are given in form of 
tincture, wine and fluid extract, all of which are 
officinal; dose of the wine and tincture is from 
20 to 30 drops, of the fluid extract, 5 to 10 drops. 
The plant was well known by the ancients, and 
used by them for gout and rheumatism and 
kindred diseases. The name is derived from 
the Greek word kuljikoon, and was also known 
to the Arabs as sorinjan, and the name Autum- 
nale, because it blooms and bears in the Autumn. 
Croton Tigulum, Tiglium Officinale, Croton 
Oil Tree.—Natural order Euphorbiaceze. Na- 
tive of India and cultivated in many parts of 
the East, from Mauritius to the Indian Archi- 
pelago. The tree usually attains a height of 15 
to 20 feet, adorned with oval, oblong leaves, 
sharply pointed, with serrated edges, and their 
surfaces have many Star-shaped, scattered hairs 
thereon; the petioles are short and slightly pu- 
bescent; flowers not conspicuous in color, and 
Occur in simple terminal racemes, the male 
flowers at the top and single female flowers at 
the base; stamens 1s to 20, distinct and finely 
pubescent at their base; Fruit about the size of 
a large marble; oblong, obtusely triangular in 
Shape, and covered by a fine pubescence; stel- 
late in character, and containing one seed, which 
entirely fills the cavity of the capsule; these are 
oval-oblong and slightly flattened, from % to 3 
of an inch (72 or rs millimeters) long, having a 
leaden gray surface inclining to brown; along 
the ventral side is a raised raphe; when scraped 
the black, brittle testa is brought into view. 
The Semen Tiglii contain about 5° per cent. of 
jixed oil, proteids, tiglinic and crotonic acids, 
