176 MYRISTICACE^E 



.Preparation of Liriodendrin. Concentrate the alcoholic tincture; add water 

 until a permanent turbidity commences to appear. Set aside to evaporate spon- 

 taneously. It forms, when purified, white needles or small scales. Insoluble in 

 water, soluble in ether and alcohol. 



FIG. 80. Flowering branch of Liriodendron tulipifera. 



CALYCANTHACE-E. Calycanthus Family 



153. CALYCANTHUS. FLORIDA ALLSPICE. The bark of Calycan'thus flor'- 

 idus. An aromatic stimulant, used in diarrhea mixtures. Dose: 10 to 30 

 gr. (0.6 to 2 Gm.). 



MYRISTICACE-E 



A. Seed. C. Fixed Oil. 



MYRJSTTCA, 154. Oleum Myristicae Expressum, 154 b. 



B. Volatile Oil. D. Arillode. 



OLEUM MYRISTIC-ffi, 154 a. *Macis, 155. 



MYRISTICA. NUTMEG 



NUTMEG 

 The kernel of the ripe seed of Myris'tica frag'rans Houttuyn. 



BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS. Tree about 30 feet high. Leaves oblong-oval, 

 entire, glossy above, whitish beneath, aromatic. Flowers dioecious; male 

 flowers in axillary clusters; female flowers single, solitary, and axillary, both 

 very small and of a pale yellow color. 



HABITAT. Molucca Islands; cultivated in adjacent East India islands, 

 and especially in the Dutch Banda Islands, whence most of the 

 nutmegs are imported for market. 



DESCRIPTION OF DRUG. A roundish or oval kernel about 25 mm. (i in.) 

 long; externally light grayish- brown, marked with worm-shaped fur- 

 rows and covered with lime (done by the Dutch growers to kill the 

 germ, thinking in this way to monopolize its cultivation). They are 

 hard and not readily pulverizable, but can easily be cut or grated, 

 showing a waxy luster ; internally yellowish, a cross-section having 

 a mottled appearance, due to the penetration to the albumen of the 



