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1528. Water cress. — The herbage of Sisymbrium Nasturtium-aquaticum L. Native 



of Europe and cultivated in all temperate and subtropical regions. Used 

 as a salad and a garnish. Collected by H. H. Rusby at Nutley, New 

 Jersey. 



1529. Pepper grass. — The herbage of Lepidium virginicum L. Native of Europe 



and America. Collected by H. H. Rusby at Nutley, New Jersey. 



1530. Capers. Scriptural Hyssop. — The flower-buds of Capparis spinosa L. 



{Capparidaceae — Caper Family). Native of the Mediterranean region and 

 cultivated as a condiment. Presented by F. H. Leggett & Company, of 

 New York City. 



153 1. The same of larger size. Same donor. 



1532. Bitter almonds. — The seeds of Amygdalus amara DC. (Drupaceae — Plum 



Family). Native of Persia and cultivated. From the New York drug 

 market. 



Licorice and Its Products 



Licorice root is the root of Glycyrrhiza glabra L. or of G. 

 glandulijera Waldst. & Kit., natives of the Mediterranean 

 region of Europe and Asia. The name licorice is often 

 applied to this root but more often to the extract made 

 by boiling it in water, the water then being strained and 

 evaporated so as to leave a black mass such as is seen in 

 ordinary stick licorice. The specimens in this licorice col- 

 lection, unless otherwise specified, were presented by 

 Young & Smylie, of New York City. 



1533. Spanish, Italian or Sicilian licorice root. — The root of G. glabra L. Native 



of southern Europe and largely cultivated in many countries. 



1534. Australian licorice root. — The root of the preceding species, grown in Au- 



stralia. 



1535. Ground licorice root. — The root of the same produced in Greece and ground 



ready for extraction. 



1536. Russian licorice root. — The root of G. glandulijera Waldst. & Kit. Grown in 



southeastern Russia. 



1537. Syrian licorice root. The same, grown in Syria. 



1538. Persian licorice root. — A poor quality of licorice root grown in Persia, prob- 



ably of a distinct species. 



1539. Spanish paste licorice. — A very fine variety of licorice extract. 



1540. Greek licorice paste. — Another fine variety of licorice paste, in blocks. 



1541. Manhattan licorice wafers. — The preceding, pressed into the form of wafers. 



1542. Licorice lozenges. — The same, pressed in the form of lozenges. 



1543. Acme licorice pellets. — The same, pressed in the form of pellets. 



1544. Penny licorice sticks. — Ordinary quality of licorice extract, molded into small 



sticks. 



1545. Corrugated licorice sticks. — Licorice sticks of fancy form. 



