60 CLASSIFICATION OF VEGETABLE DRUGS 



G. Resins. 



Irregular lumps; reddish-brown, smooth, mottled, with milk-white 



tears; agreeable balsamic odor, Benzoinum, 428 



Large lumps or masses, yellowish-brown, transparent, brittle, 



Resina, 27 c 

 Small globular tears, transparent, yellowish, brittle, glossy, 



Mastiche, 319, N.F. 



Irregular masses, greenish or reddish-brown; internally of a glossy 

 luster; brittle, Guaiacum, 269 



H. Oleoresins. 



Brownish-yellow, viscid liquid; transparent; odor peculiar; taste 



bitter, Copaiba, 259 



Light yellow or faintly greenish, transparent or viscid liquid; agree- 

 able odor, Terebinthina Canadensis, 29 



Irregular masses, tough, yellowish, opaque; fracture crumbly, 



Terebinthina, 27 



Thick, viscid semi-fluid, nearly black, opaque; odor empyreumatic, 



Piz Liquida, 28 



I. Balsams. 



Thick, syrupy liquid; brownish-black, thin layers, transparent, 



Balsamum Peruvianum, 262 

 Very thick, semi-liquid, brownish-yellow, solid in the cold, agreeable 



odor, Balsamum Tolutanum, 263 



Viscid semi-liquid, opaque, brownish-gray, odor agreeably balsamic, 



Styrax, 201 



J. Stearoptens. 



Translucent masses; tough, crystalline, granular; odor penetrating, 



peculiar, Camphora, 178 



Colorless prisms or small scales; thyme-like odor, Thymol, 390 



Fine, white, transparent needles or crystals; peppermint odor, 



Menthol, 473 b 



K. Fatty Substances. 



(a) OF VEGETABLE ORIGIN: 



Straw-colored liquid; clear, rather thin; nutty odor, bland taste, 



Oleum Amygdalae Expressum, 211 



Yellow, limpid liquid; transparent, Oleum Lini, 264 a 



Viscid, yellowish, nearly colorless, transparent; taste sickening, 



Oleum Ricini, 312 a 

 Viscid, yellow to brownish, transparent, somewhat fluorescent; taste 



acrid, burning, Oleum Tiglii, 313 a 



Pale yellow liquid; thin transparent; odor and taste mild nutty, 



Oleum Gossypii Seminis, 344 c 



Yellow to greenish-yellow, thin clear, Oleum Olivae, 430 



Yellowish- white soh'd; rather hard, brittle, aromatic; taste choco- 

 late-like, Oleum Theobromatis, 346 a 



(b) OF ANIMAL ORIGIN: 



Pale yellow liquid; thin, transparent; fishy odor, 



Oleum Morrhuae, 616 



Yellowish, nearly colorless; thin, clear, Oleum Adipis, 628 a 



Soft, white solid; unctuous, Adeps, 628 



Light yellow or whitish solid, rather firm, 



Adeps Lanae Hydrosus, 631 

 White solid; smooth, unctuous, Sevum Prseparatum, 626 



(c) WAXES: 



White masses; translucent; fracture crystalline, Cetaceum, 617 



Yellowish- white cakes; brittle; semi-translucent, Cera Alba, 6i8b 

 Yellow to brownish, opaque; fracture granular, Cera Flava, 618 a 



(d) MIXTURE OF HYDROCARBONS, 631 a 



Petrolatum Album, Petrolatum Liquidum, Petrolatum = Petro- 

 latum Molle, Petrolatum Spissum, Paraffinum. 



