SCUTELLARIA 301 



in 1776 by Forster for what is now Griselinia, Forst., 

 Cornacece; in 1781 by Linnaeus fil., for what is now 

 Daphne, Lin., Thymelacece; in 1790 by Smith for what is 

 now Toddalia, Juss., Rutacece. 



"Jacquin's name for the plant being the first binomial 

 one published after the date of the first edition of Lin- 

 naeus' Species Plantarum in 1753, should supersede 

 the later names given by others. This author repeat- 

 edly writes 'Scopola' (not Scopolia) in his published 

 work." 



This plant, scopola, possessing so much energy, was 

 naturally known to the early herbalists, but was most 

 cautiously employed by them. Wier, 1515-1588, men- 

 tioned it, (MaiscJi) (40 la), but it was then forgotten 

 until Dr. Lippich, of Padua, 1834-7, used it instead of 

 belladonna. The record shows that in Southern Eu- 

 rope, (Martins, 1832), (410a) the leaves were used in 

 the same way as belladonna. Kosteletzky, 1832, 

 (36 la), states that it has the narcotic qualities of 

 hyoscyamus. Neither in domestic nor in professional 

 medicine had scopola any reputation worth mentioning 

 until after 1880, when its alkaloidal record and its many 

 complications as a sophisticant for belladonna made 

 such an event in pharmacy and chemistry as to give 

 the plant a position in the U. S. Pharmacopeia of 1900. 



SCUTELLARIA (Skullcap, Mad-dog Herb) 



Introduced into the U. S. P. in 1860, but occupied a place in 

 the Secondary List in this and the following edition, 1870. It 

 was wholly official from 1880 to 1900, but was then dropped, not 

 appearing in the 1910 edition. 



PARTS USED. The leaves and twigs of Scutellaria 

 lateriflora. 



The record of this American drug is so remarkable, 



