153. ASTRAGALUS SPECIES, continued. 



The following specimens illustrate a paper by Mr. S. II 

 Maltass, in the P. J., vol. xv., p. 18. The numbers refer to 

 those on p. 20 in the same volume. 



Superior Qualities. 



1. White picked Yalavatz gum tragacauth. 



2. White picked Caissar tragacanth. 



3. French assorted " leaf," sample of seven cases. 



4. Broken leaf, picked by women, mixed with fine leaf. 



5. Broken " leaf" of Caissar gum, mixed with fine leaf. 



6. "Vermicelli" as picked out before mixing witli 



" Sesame." 



7. "Vermicelli " tragacanth, sample of one case. 



8. " Sesame " tragacanth mixed with vermicelli gum. 



Inferior Qualities. 



9. Common "leaf" mixed with "English assortment." 



10. English assorted " leaf," sample of four cases. 



11. Common or sorts, sample of two cases. 



12. Small refuse gum, thrown out, almost worthless. 

 13. Large refuse gum, almost worthless. 



Qums used for the Adulteration of Tragacanth. 



14. Moussul gum. 



15. Caramania gum, 1st quality. 



16. Ditto 2nd quality. 



17. Ditto broken up and whitened with white 



lead. 



18. Ditto Ditto. 



19. Ditto Ditto. 



Note. Caramania gum No. 17 is used to mix with English assorted 

 leaf in the proportion of 50 per cent. Specimen No. 18 is mixed with 

 vermicelli tragacanth in the same proportion. Specimen No. 19 is mixed 

 with sorts in the proportion of 100 per cent. 



Carainania gum may be easily detected by its angular appearance. For 

 Caramania gum see also P. J. [2] , vol. vi., p. 668 ; for formation of 

 tragacanth in the stem see P. J. [1] , vol. xviii., p. 870 ; for chemistry of 

 tragacanth, see P. J. [2] , vol. i., p. 618. 



154. BAPTISIA TINCTORIA, B. Br. (Wild Indigo, Dyers' Weed, Horsefly 



Weed.) 



a. Root. 



b. Ditto, fine specimen. 



Note. The root is used by Eclectic practitioners in the United States 

 as an antiseptic in ulcerated sore throats and putrid fevers. P. J. [2] , 

 vol. v., p. 211. 



