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PINACE^E 



turning reddish-brown with alkalies; inorganic mixtures, by increas- 

 ing the yield of ash over 5 per cent., and by sinking in carbon disul- 

 phide. Dextrin has been found in lycopodium to the extent of 50 

 per cent. 



Powder. Microscopical elements of: See Part iv, Chap. I, B. 



CONSTITUENTS. Fixed oil 47 to 50 per cent., volatile bases in very small 

 quantity, and ash containing alumina and phosphoric acid, not ex- 

 ceeding 3 per cent. 



ACTION AND USES. Absorbent and protective application to excoriated 

 surfaces; in pharmacy, to facilitate the rolling of pill masses, and to 

 prevent the adhesion of the pills. 



PHANEROGAMS 



(Plants producing true seed) 

 Pinaceae. Pine Family 



Trees or shrubs with a resinous juice. The wood differs from that of dicoty- 

 ledons in that it is destitute of ducts, but has instead bordered disks. The leaves 



FIG. 14. Berry (galbulus) and 

 acicular leaves of Juniper. 



PIG. 15. Cone of 

 the Larch. 



are usually fascicled, and are mostly awl- or needle-shaped. Fruit a cone or 

 galbulus. 



Synopsis of Drugs from the Pinacea 



A. Tops. 



SABINA, 19. 



Juniperus Virginiana, 



20. 



Thuja, 22. 



B. Fruits. 



*Juniperus, 23. 



C. Barks, E. 

 *Pinus Alba, 21. 



Tsuga, 25. 

 Larix, 26. 



D. Oleoresins. 

 *Terebinthina, 27. 



*Venice Turpentine, 



27 a. 

 TEREBINTHINA 



CANADENSIS, 29. 

 Pix Canadensis, 30. 

 PIX LIQUID A, 28. 

 Pix Burgundica, 31. 

 Volatile Oils. 

 OLEUM SABINA, 



19 a. 

 OLEUM JUNIPERI, 



23 a. 



F. 



OLEUM CADINUM, 



OLEUM TEREBIN- 

 THIKE, 27 b. 



OLEUM PICIS LIQ- 

 UIDS, 28 a. 



Oleum Succini, 32 a. 

 Resins. 



RESINA, 27 c. 



Succinum, 32. 

 Dammara, 33. 



Kauri, 34. 



Sandaracca, 35. 



19. SABINA. SABINA 



SAVINE 



The tops of Junip'erus sabi'na Linne'. The young and tender green shoots are 

 stripped off in the spring, coming into the market as short, thin, quadrangular 



