276 ODOROCxRAPHIA. 



Corolla funnel-shaped, not spurred, with a nearly regular liml). 

 Stamens 3, equal : anthers yellowish. Stigma simple. Fruit 

 keeled on the outside, 3-ribbed on the inside, rather downy, with a 

 radiant feathery pappus. 



False Nard of Dauphine is the result of a peculiar bulbous 

 formation of Vidorialis lonr/a, Clusius* ; Allium anguimtm, 

 Matthiolus, also of Bauhin.f It is the " Anglio serpentino " of 

 the Italians and the Allmm lonrjuvi of pharmacists. Pomet's 

 description of it is imperfect. 



In outward appearance it resembles the Nardostachys Jatamansi 

 beinor of about the same thickness and length as the little finger, 

 rather thicker in the centre than at the extremities, but of a greyish 

 mouse-colour, odourless and tasteless, or simply earthy in those 

 respects. Its outer surface is uniform in appearance, the very fine 

 fibres composing its coating forming an evenly lozenge-shaped 

 branchlet or spike. The longitudinal section exhibits that the 

 formation of the white, round, cellular body of this root is 

 successively upw^ards in its habit of growth, the most recent 

 growths being at the summit and the oldest at the base, a reddish 

 brown horizontal line demarcating the position of the bulbs of 

 previous consecutive years. At the summit of the uppermost bulb 

 is the germ of the one which wdll form in the next year, and below 

 are the debris of bulbs of preceding years ; the whole being 

 enveloped in a hairy formation resulting from previous growths, 

 and forming a sort of prolonged sheath from the bottom upwards,, 

 a manner of growth quite the reverse to that of roots of other 

 species of Allium. 



This false Xard is collected at Lantaret, on Mont Genevre and 

 other mountains of Dauphine, the Pyrenees, the Jura and 

 Auvergne, also on the mountains in Sw^itzerland, Italy, Austria and 

 Silesia. 



" i^'obel's Celtic Xard " is the root of Arnica montana, Lin. 

 (com2:)ositce). 



" Italian Nard " ; " Xardus Italica " of Matthiolus and of 

 Lobel ; " Xardus germanica " of Lonicer ; " Xardus 

 Aspic," or French Xard, is the oil of Lavanchda sinca 

 {Lahiatw). 



* Rariorum Plantarum, p. 189. 

 t Historia Plantarum, p. 422. 



