Microsc 



^^ BANUNCULACE^E. 



I* 



, , . ,. - ^0^*^ of the roots fail to display any 



cliayactenstic structure by reason of the heat to which they have been 

 subjected. A living root sent to us from the Botanical Garden of Edin- 

 burgh exhibited the thm brownish layer which encloses tlie central part 

 in A. JSapellus replaced by a zone of stone cells— a feature discernible 

 m the imported root. 



Chemical 



omposition — According to Wright and Luff (see 



fi 



n n£.r? ""^ Pf udaconitme with a little aconitinc and ai alkaloid, 



•mE ^nfT^^'^i^'T^' '^^);"^' ^^^"1^ ^^PP^'-^^" ^"t to ^S^-^^ with the 

 analogous body from A. Aapellus. 



Uses 



Tt is coT.mnnll'^rf ^^^^f ^'J impoi^tcd and used as a source of aconitine. 

 of Europe ^ ' '""^'^^ "'^^'^ P^<^^"*^ ^^'^''^ the aconite root 



RADIX ACONITI HETEROPHYLLI. 



A tis or A tees. 



M 



1 to^Tet hfc!h w1trr'^''''^^T'i ^''^^'^'P'h^l^^^n Wallich, a plant of 

 with nu?nle or .If ff'^f/^ ^^'S^ flowers of a dull yellow veined 



riotrrad/cal 1P«^°^'^'/ ^^'''' "^^ ^^^^^^^'"^ ^^ cordate, obscurely 

 in the^em '^,^^^^^^^^^ " S^onvs at elevations of 8000 to is^OOO feet 



as m 



Simla, 



History — We 



which howe™ is Satedbv "o'<,'I™ ?^ ''°'=>"' «'=™™' °f «"^ *"g' 

 brated in IndL mr ;^ • ^ ^ Shaugbnessy ' to have been long cele- 



fc«vs, and has been e2nSv^h?;" L^iw'rr '^ "' -«P«,™'1- !" 



India. -^ P^^^criDed by Jluroi)ean physicians in 



"""- ' .i\^-r'j- -^ ">j?am:tefrrjw to X :f 'In '?:,eb!ta 



from i ^ 



weigh from 5 to 45 "grains. 



weigh irom 5 to 45 grains Thov -VZ f \H.. "^V ot an men, ana 

 and marked with sea's of rootwf n 7 f ^ ^'^^^ ^'^' ^^^^"^^ ^^""^^^^^^ 

 at the summit. Interna l^tW^^ ^'^''^ f ^^^ rudiments of leaves 

 transverse section shows J h ^ ' l'""''^ ^^^^^^e and farinaceous. A 

 vascular bund es In Tlol^f r ^'i^'^^^^ *^^^"^ ^^i*^ 4 to 7 yellowish 

 traverse the root fi^Dm K"^'^?\r^^^^^ ^^^«« bundles Je seen to 



end, here and there givinroff ? Uk^ T W ^' ^^' ^PP^^^^^ P^^^^*?^ 

 K,ff.„ ,„:.T_ . ,?= "^ on a lootlet. Ihe taste of the root is simply 



bitter with no acricHty. 



3"<-H« to Pharm. of India un v>-> ^o o..-. 



S „^ ■ '■"'"'" l'»2aars, some of them 

 The surest and safest names in mo«t 



parts of India for the poisonous aconite 



Sv?f -""f- ^j-'^^ (Arabic); Bh (Persian); 

 ^l''inin-bi., Mltha-zahar, Bach hmrn (mnAn- 



^/o!,f ''^?'L''^^^i'^'"'"^'^l "1 lioyle'3 /««.■?;•«" 



ikntW ' f*;;,' 1^3^' t^b. 13; also in 

 Part If (fs^T);^""^"^'^ ^^'^"■"'"^ ^^«"''' 

 2 Bengal Uispensatory, 1842. 167. 



