2 ~* 
= Wo, “507. —SPiGELtA. Maamaxpica. Carolina 
ae Pink. a e 
Cabinet specimen, Jef. Coll. No. 685—figure, No. 686. 
The root officinal by L. E. D. & U.S. For adetailed account, 
see W. P. C. Barton’s Veg. Mat. Med. U. S. Vol. If. 
No. 508. —Sroncra OFFICINALIS. Sponge, - 
SOL—SPO 273 
Quauitizs. Perfectly pure, isin a mee sometimes, — 
pearly powder—inodorous, nauseous, slightly. bitter, the 
latter Pe ig? more developed hy its union ae 
particularly the acetic. Its salts mery ii 
;  « ~ tions giving by evaporation, a gi 
easily pulverized ; insoluble in cold v 
solves only one eight-thousandth “part 
a small portion; affects substances ‘ “by ‘Gacitties 
restores the blue of turnsole paper rubified by acids; unites 
with acids in the-cold, and yields perfectly neutral salts 
with care ; saturated by a small quantity of acid. — 
MeEnrcaL Prorsnrresaxn:Uses, Vomits, and induces sleep; 
F- _ less narcotic than opium; has not been employed i 
Rete te ugne seis therefore. & UUs ise erate ime! tn 
: sertation. vee 
So. 504, —So1tpaco Ovona. Anise-scented | 
en-rod, 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. tio, 681. * 
Is officinal in. Pharm. U.S. The leaves should be investi- 
gated by some candidate. The Solidago ors of 
Europe, is ofucinal by the Dublin College. 
_No. 505.—Sp. 
Cabinet specimen, . Jeff. Coll. No. 689—figuse, No. 683. 
Officinal by L. E. D.—Not used in the U. 8. * 
No. 506.—Sprirz4 Tomentosa. Hardhach. 
Cabinet spééimenJeffy Coll. No. 684. 
-. The — officinal by the Pharm. U. S. —should be select- 
ed as the subject of some candidate’s thesis. 
Used in surgery by pharmaceutical preparation; - and when 
burnt, has been used in scrofulowa and goitre. 
See No. 275. 
‘morning, with a draught cca 
scrophulous cases. —Z/ 
