No. 489.—Senna, Called East India, and 
( SNoSEN = 
drian Senna. 
' Consists of three plants, viz:— 
1. CASSIA SENNA. 
a ee Jeff. Coll. Nos. 658 and 650 gui, 
2. CASSIA LANCEOLATA. 
Cabinet specimens, Jeff. Coll. Nos. 661 and a tapi 
No. 663. 
3. CYNANCHUM OLESFOLIUM, called eect 
Cabinet specimens, Jeff. Coll. No. 664 oa. 065-—-figure, 
No. 666. 
For detailed account, see.W. P. C. Barton’s Veg. Mat. Med: 
U. S. under chapter on Cassia Marilandica. 
: _ Qvarrrres. Of a faint and sickly odour; consists of extrac- 
tive, resin, mucilage, a saline matter, anda purgative bitter 
principle, which MM. Lassaigne and Fenue » have ob- 
tained in an isolated state, and have called it ' 
Sennia would be a term more corresponding with the 
proximate active principles of other vegetables. | Waterand 
spirit extract the virtues of senna, the infusion in the a 
being brownish, in the latter a fine green colour. . 
Merpicat Propertiss any Usts. A well known. 
and efficient cathartic; used in supesiens rare 
in the — Peau however, it may be eat of | 
- given to children, by mixing in a mortar, 2 : 
pulverized leaves, with a ease so intimately, that 
the taste of senna is’ in the saccharine and muci- 
laginous matter of the This preparation will keep 
in Vinter Receagpleal pom “Aepiece the size of a 
nutmeg, will purge a child actively, and will never be re- 
fused by them, being as agreeable as the fig itself I have 
used it for many years past, with great advantage. 
Orrte, ‘usim Senne. L, D. & U. 8." Confectio 
Se hee & U.S. Extract Cassie Senne. BE. In- 
‘ "ae ind. cum Senna. BE. Dk. 005. Poly. 
a -L. Tinct. Senne. &.D. Tinet. Senne comp. 
pus Sennz. L. V. Fafyaye Scone ow 
inet. Senn aromat. U. 8. i 
5 = a 
; No. 1. R Confectionis Senna, 3 ij ee 
Oe > Berri Tartaviaat 4 83 “fe 
_ Make an elec the size of a nutmeg, 
the dose. Cat 
