268 A COMPENDIUM OF 
used as a remedy from the remotest time, and 
the name is of Greek origin. The henbane is 
the bunj of the Arabs and the henbell of the 
Anglo-Saxon writers. The alkaloid, Hyoscy- 
mine, is on sale by the various chemists, and is 
occasionally found in the stores, as also the Hy- 
oscymine sulphate, both occurring in acicular, 
colorless crystals; dose wy Of a grain. 
Ignatia, Ignatia, Strychnos Ignatii.—Nat- 
ural order Loganaceze. This small tree or vine, 
‘according to some authors, is a native of the 
Philippine Islands, hasits branches adorned with 
entire oval and pointed leaves, which are on 
very short petioles; their Surfaces are smooth 
and acutely pointed at the apex; the flowers are 
white, tubular and nodding, and arranged in 
Short axillary racemes, Fruit about the size 
and shape of the pear and contain about twenty 
seeds, which are about an inch long, ovate and 
triangular in shape, of a reddish-gray color, 
covered by a silvery pubescence; they are very 
hard and break witha granular fraction ; the em- 
bryo is oblong in shape, and embedded in an ir- 
regular cavity. The Seeds have little or no 
odor, but a persistent, bitter taste. The Saba 
Sancti 1gnatiz contain more Strychnine than the 
nux vomica, containing also brucine, fat and 
Some Protetds, Their medical] effects are the 
same as the nux vomica and the dose about the 
Same, The officinal preparations are the ab- 
stract and tincture. Much of the strychnia of 
the stores is obtained from this scource. There 
are five or six other species of the strychnos: s. 
