ess 
28 « - Sacrcaco 
No 26.—Acipenser. Syst. Nat.:Gmelia, 1483. 
ss a 4. Ord. 6 Pisces, Chondropterygii. 
- 134. 
ae ei 
~ Species 2. Acipenser Ruthenus, the sterlet or small sturgeon. 
—— 3. Aeipenser Huso, the beluga or great sturgeon. 
Orricinai. Ichthyocolla. Dub. Isinglass. 
Cabinet specimens, Jeff. Coll. Nos. 25, 26, 27, 28. 
These st 
- Qvatrrres. Insipid, inodorous ; soaked in water, swells, 
softens, and becomes opalescent; according to Hatchett, 
98 grains of 100 are soluble in water—the insoluble two 
ins consist of phosphates of soda and lime ; Ziij of No. 
» and warm water 0j, produce, on cooling, a strong opa- 
_ Tine coloured jelly, which is a compound of pure animal 
gelatine and water—the jelly putrifies in a few days. 
MevicaL Propertizs anv Uses. The solution was formerly 
given in leucorrheea and diarrhea—now rarely used as a 
medicine ; is nutritious, being one of the restorative diet- 
_. eties, with the addition of sugar and lemon-juice ; it is used 
in making English court-plaster. | 
‘No, 27—Aconrtum. Spe. plan. Willd. ii, 1235. 
Cabinet specimens, Jeff. Coll. Nos. 29 and 3 ' 
bgure ofthe plat fom NSE 
Cl. 13, Ord. 3. Polyandria Trigynia. Nat. Ord. Multisili- 
i Sf Juss. 
_ G, 1062. Cal. none ; petals 5, the highest arched ; nectaries 
2, pedunculated, recurved ; pods 3 or 5, with blue co 
rolle. 
: = apes ¢. 8. A. Nupellus, common monk’s-hood. Lond. Edin. 
_» Med. Bot. of Woodville. 
_. Spec. 9: A. Nzomontanum. Dub. pe 
Officinal, Aconiti folia, Lond. Aconiti Napelli folia, Edin. ' 
pe ee ies, folitty Dub. The leaves nie n :’s-hood. 
_ The species of Aconite cited by Lond. & Edin. colleges, and 
the Phar. of U. S., has been regarded as the plant ongim 
