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490. ROTTLERA TINCTORIA, continued. 



dye for silk. It is a less pure form of the drug than kamala. Kamala is 

 used as a vermifuge, and sometimes in cutaneous diseases. See P. J. [1] , 

 vol. xii., pp. 386, 589 ; [1] , vol. xiii., p. 284. For fig. of the glands, see 

 P. J. [2] , vol. ix., p. 279, fig. h. k. Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 49, f. 135. 

 For Kottlerine, see P. J. [2] , vol. ix., p. 310 ; [2] , vol. ii., p. 166 ; [3] , 

 vol. iii., p. 228 ; Pharmacographia, p. 518. 



491. STILLINGIA SEBIFERA, Mich. (Tallow Tree, Wu-k l iu muh, Tah- 



jfe'w.) 



a. Solid fat. 



Note. This fat consists of tripalmitin. It forms a coating on the 

 outside of the seed. It is used extensively in China for making candles, 

 and to a small extent as an emetic purgative, and antidote to poisons. 

 It has also been recommended for use as an ingredient in ointments and 

 suppositories. Porter Smith, Chinese Mat. Med., p. 211 ; P. J. [1], vol. 

 xii. , p. 73. 



492. STILLINGIA SYLVATICA, L. 



a. Root. (Queen's Delight, Queen's Root, Yaw Root, Silver 

 Leaf.) 



Note. The root is official in the U. S. Pharmacopoeia. It is used as a 

 powerful alterative in cutaneous, scrofulous, and syphilitic diseases. It 

 is said to exert a powerful influence over the secretory organs. Amer. 

 Dispem., p. 810. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 241. 



ARISTOLOCHIACE^;. 



493. ARISTOLOCHIA LONGA, L. 



a. Root. 



494. ARISTOLOCHIA ROTUNDA, L. 



Note. The roots of these two species were formerly used in this 

 country as stimulant tonics and emmenagogues, to which latter property 

 the genus owes its name. See Pomet, Hist, of Drugs, pp. 44, 45 ; and for 

 fig. of the roots see Goebel und Kunze, pt. ii., taf. ix., f. 1, 2. The plants 

 are natives of the south of Europe. For A. cava, see Collection of Old 

 English Drugs. 



495. ARISTOLOCHIA RETICULATA, Nutt. 



a. Root. (Red River or Texan Serpentary Root.") 



Note. This species is official together with the next in the U. S. Phar- 

 macopoeia. It differs from the root of A. Serpentaria only in the rootlets 

 being thicker and less densely matted. All the serpentary root produced 

 south-west of the Eocky Mountains is stated to be the produce of this 

 species. See Pharmacographia, p. 534. This species contains more 

 volatile oil than the other. See Amer., Dispens., p. 132. 



496. ARISTOLOCHIA SERPENTARIA, L. 



a. Root. (Virginian SnaJceroot.) 



Note. This root somewhat resembles in appearance valerian and 

 Indian pink roots, but may be distinguished from both by its odour and 

 the brittleness of its rootlets. See Pharmacographia, p. 533. For fig. of 

 plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 246. 



