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(c) PARTS OF FRUITS: 



Thin, curved sections; glandular; pericarp leathery, dark brownish- 

 green; odor fragrant, Aurantii Cortex, 278 



Thin curved sections; glandular; epidermis deep lemon-yellow; odor 

 fragrant, Limonis Cortex, 283 



Pulp fibrous, dark brown, sweet, acidulous, with glossy brown, flat- 

 tish seeds, Tamarindus, 249, N.F. 



16. SEEDS AND SEED COVERINGS 

 a. SEEDS 



(a) DICOTYLEDONOUS: 



a. Albuminous. 



Orbicular disks, grayish-green, curved, with fine, silky hairs; intern- 

 ally whitish, hairy; bitter taste, Nux Vomica, 435 



Ovate; testa removed; hard, light brown, reticulately furrowed; 

 internally lighter, with dark brown veins; strongly aromatic, 



Myristica, 154 



Ovate-lanceolate; flattish, hairy, grey-green; internally white, oily, 



Strophanthus, 451 

 Triangular, flattish, brown, deeply pitted; albumen whitish, oily, 



Staphisagria, 143 



Ovate, flattish; tests brown, glossy; albumen thin, inclosing large 

 cotyledons, Linum, 264 



b. Exalbuminous. 



Ovate, flattish, curved, with a thin, brown, membranous testa; 

 longitudinally veined; embryo white, oily, consists of two planocon- 

 vex cotyledons; bitter taste, Amygdala Amara, 209 



Resembles above, but longer, more convex sides; a bland, sweetish 

 taste, Amygdala Dulcis, 210 



Globular, small; testa dark brown, hard, finely pitted; embryo 

 greenish-yellow, oily; pungent taste, Sinapis Nigra, 189 



Globular, larger than above; testa yellowish; taste pungent, 



Sinapis Alba, 188 



Ovate, broad, flat; tests whitish; shallow groove and flat ridge near 

 margin, Pepo, 548 



Oblong or reniform; testa deep brown, granular; broad black groove 

 along convex edge; elliptic cavity between cotyledons, 



Physostigma, 252 

 (b)] MONOCOTYLEDON ous: 



a. Albuminous. 



Subglobular; tests reddish-brown, thin, pitted, hard; albumen whit- 

 ish, tough, horny, Colchici Semen, 69 



0. SEED COVERINGS. 



(c) ARILLODE: 



(b) SEED HAIRS: 



Hairs of seeds long, white, curling, . . . GossypiunfPurificatum, 344 b. 



"II. CRYPTOGAMS. 



A. Filices. 



Rhizome, with glossy brownish scales, Aspidium, 12 



B. Algae. 



Yellow, horny, transparent, with numerous forks and branches; 



mucilaginous taste Chondrus, I 



Yellowish-white or brownish-white, shiny, thin, translucent taste 



mucilaginous, Agar, 4 



C. Lichens. 



Brownish above, whitish beneath foliaceous (U.S.P., 1890), 



Cetraria, 9 



