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396. PHARBITIS NIL, Choisy. 



a. Seed8. (Kaladana.) 'For fig. of plant, see Bentley and 



Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 185. 



Note. The resin (Kaladana resin) contained in the seeds is probably 

 identical with that of true jalap, being insoluble in ether. It is official in 

 the Pharm. Ind., as well as an extract, tincture, and compound powder. 

 The specific name Nil, is a Hindustanee word signifying blue, the flowers 

 being of that colour. The seeds are a safe and efficient purgative, and 

 are used in a roasted state by the natives. See Pharmacographia, p. 402. 



SOLANACE^E. 



397. CAPSICUM ANNUUM, L. 



a. Fru.it, preserved wet. (Capsicum, Pod Pepper, Guinea 



Pepper.) 



Note. The fruits of Capsicum annuum vary very much in size. See 

 Pharmacographia, p. 406. Se&Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 188. 



398. CAPSICUM FASTIGIATUM, Blume. 



a. Fruit. (Bird Pepper, Chillies.) 



6. Ditto, powdered. (Cayenne Pepper.) 



399. SOLANUM DULCAMARA, L. 



a. The young shoots. 



Note. This plant is known from Solanum nigrum by having lilac 

 flowers and red berries. S. nigrum has white flowers and black berries. 

 Plants of S. Dulcamara are sometimes found with the leaves not auricu- 

 late. See Pharmacographia, p. 404- Per. Hat. Med., vol. ii., pt. i., 

 p. 591. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 190. 



400. SOLANUM TUBEROSUM, L. 



a. Sugar. 



b. Ditto, liquid. 



c. Potato starch. 



d. Potato sago, small. 



e. Ditto, large. 



Note. A portion of the whiter varieties of sago of commerce and the 

 substance known as Pearl Tapioca are made of potato starch. Potato 

 starch may be known under the microscope by its large size, and by the 

 granules being irregularly ovate in shape, and sometimes with more 

 than one hilum in each. For fig. of the starch see Per. Mat. Med., 

 vol. ii., pt. i. , pp. 148 and 588 ; frontispiece, fig. 9 ; Berg, Anat. Atlas., 

 taf . 50, fig. G. 



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401. ATROPA BELLADONNA, L. 



a. Root. 



Note. This root has been found mixed with mallow root. It may be 

 distinguished by not being fibrous, like that of the mallow, and by its 

 large meditullium. The roots usually have a portion of the base of the 

 stem attached to them. The leaves may be distinguished from those of 

 Stramonium by not being toothed in the margin. For fig. of plant, see 

 Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 193. 



