Cabinet specimens, J 
No. 645. 
The berries, Officinal in Pharm. U.S. The pith, and flow- 
ers, are-also used; ointments are eres of both species, and 
arob ofthe 2d. 
No, 477.—SancGuInaRIa Cawapensrs, Blood-root 
Paccoon. 
Cabinet 7 gage Jeff. Coll. Nos. 646 and ts has if 
No. 648, * é 
The root officinal in Phar. U. S. and in Ives’s ed. of 
Pharm. An important native medicine. For a detailed ac- © 
count, see W. P. C. Barton’s Veg. Mat. Med. U. S. Vol. 
Dr. Dana obtained an alkaline vegetable principle from 
Sanguinaria, for an account of which, see No. 7, Medical 
and Physical Journal of 1827. 
No. 478.—Saro Durus. The Hard or : soma | 
Soap, of the Colleges—used in Sy | 
and in Surgery. | 3) 
No, 479.—SaRrcoco.t. 
Usually in oblong. semi-transparent, value globules, which 
eee a bitter-sweet taste, and an odour pipes | anise- 
seed. Does not erystallize—soluble in water and 
Treated with nitric acid, yields oxalic acid. 
, and yields 
Variety +— Liquorice ? dissolves in nitric acid 
tannin. Treated with sulphuric acid, s about 4 its 
weight of charcoal. {s not susceptible of Hecutation. 
No, 480,—S Rs APARILLE RADIX. See No. 496. 
No, 481..-SassArras. The bark of root and tree— 
the pith of the young shoots, and the flow- 
ers, used in medicine, see No. 349, 
WONIA. The gum-resin, See No. 
No, 482,— 
185. 
No.483.—ScitLa maritima. Squill. 
Cl. 6. Ord. 1. Hexandria Monogynia. Nat. ord. Coronariz, 
Linn. Asphodeli, Juss. 
Cabinet specimens, Jeff. Coll. ‘No. 649 and 650—figure, 
No. 651. 
|. Phe root officinal. Ly ED. & U. s. oe 
” A native of Spain, Sicily, Syria, and Barbary. Two varieties, 
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