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CORNACE^E. 



-'I. CORNUS FLORIDA, L. (American Dogwood.) 



a. Bark. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plantt, No. 186. 

 Note. Official in the U. S. P. It is used like cinchona bark. 

 Wood and Bache, Dipens., p. 329; Treat. Bot., p. 333. 



UMBELLIPEB^J. 



262. ^ETHUSA CYNAPIUM, L. (Fools' Parsley.) 



a. Umbels and fruit. For micr. section, soe Berg, Anat. Allot, 



taf. 41. 



Note. This plant much resembles hemlock ; it may be distinguished 

 by having three long pendulous bracts beneath each partial umbel, no 

 general involucre, and no spots on the stem. For fig. of fruit, see P. J. 

 [1] , vol. ii., p. 341. The ridges of the fruit are not crenate, and there are 

 vittffl between the ridges. See Conium maculatum ; Pharmacographia, 

 p. 269 ; Treas. Bot., p. 26. Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plantt, tab. 125. 



263. ANETHUM QRAVEOLENS, L. ; PEUCEDANUM GRAVEOLENS, Benth. 



a. Fruit. (Dill Seed.) 



b. Volatile oil. 



Note. Dill is known in India under the name of suva or trfyah. It is 

 the anise of Matthew xxiii. 23. Pharmacographia, p. 292. For micr. 

 section of fruit, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 43. It yields 2-8 per cent, of 

 volatile oil. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plantt, tab. 132. 



264. APICM PETROSELINUM, L. (Parsley.) 



a. Root, preserved wet. Presented by Mr. Squire. 



b. Fruit. For micr. section, see Berg, Anat. Atlat, taf. 42. 



c. Volatile oil. 



Note. The seeds possess diuretic properties. Treas. Bot. , p. 79. For 

 Apiol, see P. J. [2] , vol. iv., p. 269. 



265. ARCHANQELICA OFFICINALIS, Hoffm. 



a. Root, preserved wet. Presented by Mr. Squire. 



6. Fruit. 



c. Volatile oil. 



Note . The root is used in some parts of the country for toothache, 

 like pellitory root. It forms an ingredient in the cholera powder of 

 herbalists, being considered anti-pestilential. The fruits are said to be 

 used to flavour gin. The green stalks are sold as an aromatic candy. 

 P. J. [1] , vol. ii., p. 206 ; Treat. Bot., p. 66. For micr. section of root, 

 see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 14. For fig. of root, see Goebel und Kunze, 

 pt. ii., taf. xxvi., fig. 1. 



266. CARUM CABVI, L. (Caraway.) 



a. Fruit. For micr. section, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 42. 



b. Ditto, powdered. 



c. Ditto. (Mogador Caraways.) B. < Tr., Med. PI., tab. 121. 



d. Volatile oil. 



Note. The fruits yield 4-9 per cent, of oil. The Mogador caraways 

 were presented by Mr. D. Hanbnry ; they are paler and longer than other 

 varieties. Pharmacographia, p. 271 ; P. J. [3] , vol. iii., p. 623. 



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