92 RANUNCULACEZ. 
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18, 866. Ibs. of the roots ‘of Aconitum Anthora, barbatum, a 
oi Of ae the cells of which contain starch : 
that false Jadwar is prepared by boiling the roots of some of © 
the milder kinds of Bish in milk, and colouring them; it is to 
be distinguished from genuine by its parting with its colou 
when dipped in warm water and wiped with a cloth; it h 
also a shrivelled appearance, and the central portion to whic 
the colour has not penetrated is pale; instead of bem 
intensely bitter, it is slightly acrid. 
Native medical works abound in absurd stories concernin 
this article, and its wonderful power as a tonic and alex: 
pharmic; it fetches a high price, and is generally kept in” 
metallic mercury to prevent its being injured by insoles 
sometimes it is preserved in oil, 4 
Jadwar appears to resemble much the Tienhiung of th 
Chinese, which is said by Dr. Porter Smith to be derived fro 
Aconitum variegatum. Like Jadwar, this drug is blackish 
brown internally, and more or less moist, having evidentl 
undergone some kind of preparation, Dr. Morrison, Medic: 
Officer to H. M.’s Consul at Newchwang in Manchuria, mentior 
in a recent Consular report that Manchuria exported in 168 
diuretic and alterative properties. 
Description.—What is considered now to be gen 
Jadwar in India consists of smal] blackish-brown tubers, some 
irregularly ovoid, some conical, seldom more than one inch — 
long and half an inch in diameter ; they aresomewhat wrink 
and bear a few horn-like projections, which are the rema 
brown throughout; to the naked eye the cut surface appea 
-structareless, and might be mistaken for an extract: 3 it has 
somewhat fruity smell and bitter taste. 
Microscopic structure—A transverse section shock a 
brown epidermis, composed of compressed cells, an outer: 
