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ROSACES 



taste aromatic and bitter. Used in making cherry-laurel water, a prepara- 

 tion much employed in Europe as a sedative narcotic, much as the dilute 

 hydrocyanic acid is used here. 



221. FRAGARIA VESCA Linne\ STRAWBERRY. 

 diuretic. Dose: i dr. (4 Gm.), in infusion. 



(Leaves.) Mild astringent and 



FIG. 118. Rubus idaeus Branch. 



222. BRAYERA, KOOSO, N.F. 



The dried panicles of the pistillate flowers of Hage'nia abyssin'ica Gmelin, with- 

 out the presence of more than 10 per cent, of the staminate flowers, other 

 parts of the tree, or other foreign matter. Reject any portions of the stem 

 over 3 mm. in diameter and any binding material before the drug is powdered 

 or used. 



HABITAT. Abyssinia. 



DESCRIPTION. Small, reddish, pistillate flowers, consisting of two reddish bracts 

 and a calyx of five reddish, hairy sepals inclosing one or two nutlets. They 

 come into market in cylindrical bundles of the compressed panicles, or 

 detached, on short, hairy peduncles; odor tea-like; taste bitter and nauseous. 

 In trade the "brown" and "red" kusso are known. The former are mixed 

 with male flowers. In the "red," the best variety, the sepals are reddish; 

 in the "brown" they are greenish or brownish and smaller. 



Powder. Light brown. Characteristic elements: These are to be found in 

 the -glandular trichomes consisting of stalks, 2 to 3 celled, head I, 2, 4 celled; non- 



