120-3 
[ Scatellarine.*—This unclassifiable substance is a precipitate, by alum, of the 
evaporated tincture made with 76 per cent. alcohol, after dilution with several 
times its bulk of water. It results as a neutral non-resin, in the form of a green- 
ish+-brown, gritty, resinous powder, insoluble in water, and partly soluble in alco- 
hol and ether. It is said to retain the activity of the plant as far as known. ] 
PHYSIOLOGICAL AOTION.—Gordon’s experiments with from 10 to 60 drops 
of the tincture resulted substantially as follows: Mental confusion and stupor ; 
headache and vertigo; photophobia with dilated pupils; scanty urine, with diffi- 
cult micturition; variable pulse with final reduction of the heart’s action from 
70-72 to 52 with intermission; general languor and tremulousness; followed by 
wakefulness and restlessness. 3 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE 120. 
1. Upper portion of plant, Binghamton, N. Y., July 31st, 1886. 
2. Flower. 
3. Lower 
4. Upper 
s. Calyx. 
6. Fruiting calyx. 
\ stamen. 
7. Fruiting calyx, showing fruit. 
8 and g. Nutlets. 
(2-9 enlarged.) 
+ Chlorophyll. 
* Scutelline, so called, is valueless, 
