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D. Fungi. 



Oblong, narrow, curved; longitudinally grooved; black; peculiar 

 heavy odor, Ergota, 5 



. Club Mosses. 



Fine powder, pale yellow, very mobile, floats on water; under the 

 microscope, tetrahedral. (See also under 13),. . Lycopodium, 18 



III. ABNORMAL GROWTHS CAUSED BY PARASITES 



A. Excrescences. 



Globular, with a short stipe; externally dull blue or lead color, covered 

 with prominent warts, interior whitish, central cavity, Galla, 105 



IV. NON-CELLULAR DRUGS DERIVED FROM CELL-CONTENTS AND 



SECRETIONS 



A. Farinaceous. 



Fine white powder, sometimes in angular masses; odorless and taste- 

 less; insoluble in cold water, Amylum, 42 



B. Extractives. 



Irregular masses containing fragments of leaves; dark brown; fracture 

 conchoidal, brittle, glossy (Gambir), Catechu, 257 



Cylindrical cakes, hard, mottled, reddish-brown; fracture uneven, 

 lighter colored, Guarana, 329 



Cylindrical sticks, glossy brown-black; fracture conchoidal; taste 

 sweet, Extractum Glycyrrhizae, 230 a 



C. Concrete Juices. 



Irregular masses containing some fragments of leaves ; chestnut-brown, 



plastic, coarsely granular; odor heavy; narcotic, Opium, 180 



Angular pieces, red-brown; internally lighter; waxy lustre; bitter, 



Lactucarium, 594 

 Yellowish to blackish masses, hard, brittle, somewhat glossy; taste 



bitter, Aloe, 70 



Small angular pieces, brittle, dark brownish-red; thin layers, ruby -red 



and transparent, sweetish, Kino, 258 



Flat pieces, blackish-brown, internally lighter; very elastic; floats on 



water, Elastica, 309 



D. Sugars, 

 (a) SOLID: 



Granular, white, crystalline, transparent, very sweet, very soluble 

 in water, Saccharum, 39 



Crystals or white crystalline powder, gritty; translucent, sandy; 

 sweetish taste, Saccharum Lactis, q.v. 



Irregular fragments; light yellow; internally white; porous, crystal- 

 line, friable, sweet, Manna, 429 



(&) LIQUID: 



Translucent syrup, yellow to brown-yellow, Mel, 618 



E. Gums. 



Roundish tears, fissured, brittle, translucent; fracture glass-like, 



Acacia, 255 



Curved bands, marked with parallel wavy lines; white, translucent, 

 tough, horny, Tragacantha, 256 



F. Gum Resins. 



Irregular pieces composed of whitish tears imbedded in a brown-gray 



sticky mass; odor sickening, Asafoetida, 397 



Irregular masses or tears; red-brown, dusty; fracture waxy; taste 



bitter, acrid, Myrrha, 294 



Cylindrical pieces or lumps, sometimes hollow in the center; orange- 

 yellow; fracture smooth, waxy, Cambogia, 348 



Irregular pieces or circular cakes; dark gray internally; porous; frac- 

 ture angular; odor peculiar, somewhat cheese-like, 



Scammonium, 462 



