226 LEGUMINOS^E 



wrinkled, and rough from numerous stem and rootlet scars; externally dull 

 reddish-brown; fracture smooth, showing a pale reddish interior, consisting 

 of one or two distinct circles of wood-fiber around a large central pith; in- 

 odorous; taste astringent. Used as a tonic and astringent. Dose: 10 to 30 

 gr. (0.6 to 2 Gm.), in powder or decoction. 



224. GEUM URBANUM. AVENS. EUROPEAN AVENS. The rhizome of Ge'um 

 urba'num Linne". Habitat: Europe. Short, oblong, hard, with a dark-brown, 

 warty, and scaly surface; a cross-section shows a thin bark, and a large, 

 reddish pith surrounded by a circle of whitish wood. The rootlets are long 

 and fibrous, light brown in color, and have a comparatively thicker bark. 

 Odor aromatic, slightly clove-like when fresh, but nearly absent when dry; 

 taste aromatic, bitter, and astringent. Used as an astringent and tonic. 

 Dose: 15 to 45 gr. (i to 3 Gm.), in powder or decoction. 



225. GEUM RIVALE Linne\ WATER AVENS. (Rhizome. See Conspectus.) 

 Astringent and tonic. Dose: 15 to 45 gr. (i to 3 Gm.). 



226. GILLENIA. AMERICAN IPECAC. The rhizome of Gille'nia stipula'cea 

 Nuttall. Habitat: Western United States. A knotty rhizome, with numer- 

 ous tortuous, annulate rootlets, the thick bark of which is in two reddish layers 

 and incloses a tough, whitish, finely-rayed wood. Gillenia trifoliata Mpench, 

 growing east of the Allegheny Mountains, is a smaller and less knotty rhizome, 

 and the rootlets are nearly straight and smooth. Both rhizomes are similar 

 in medical properties, being mildly emetic and cathartic, somewhat resembling 

 ipecac in action. Dose: 15 to 30 gr. (i to 2 Gm.). 



227. AGRIMONIA. AGRIMONY. The herb of Agrimo'nia eupato'ria Linne\ 

 Common in the United States west to the Rocky Mountains, and in Europe. 

 Tonic and astringent. Dose: 30 to 60 gr. (2 to 4 Gm.). 



228. POTENTILLA CANADENSIS Linne". CINQUEFOIL. Habitat: North Amer- 

 ica. (Herb.) Astringent. Dose: 30 to 60 gr. (2 to 4 Gm.) in infusion. 



229. SPIR/EA TOMENTOSA Linne". HARDBACK. An indigenous herb used as 

 an astringent and tonic in doses of 30 to 60 gr. (2 to 4 Gm.). As found in 

 market it consists of the slender, reddish-brown stems, broken leaves covered 

 below with a rust-brown wool, and a few of the dull reddish flower-petals. 

 Odor slight, aromatic; taste astringent and bitter. 



LEGUMINOS^;. Pulse Family 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees with alternate and usually compound leaves. Flowers 

 papilionaceous, or rarely regular. Stamens usually ten and mostly monadelphous 

 or diadelphous. Pistil becoming in fruit a legume, from which the order takes 

 its name. Most of the plants are innoxious; the marked exception to the rule, 

 however, is the calabar bean. 



Synopsis of Drugs from the Leguminosa 

 I. Cellular. 



GLYCYRRHIZA, Root, 230. Stylosanthes, Herb, 244. 



Abri Radix, 

 Baptisia, 



Cercis, 

 Saraca, . 

 Piscidia, 



231. Galega," 



233. Trifolium Pratense,* 



Erythrophloeum Bark, 234. Trifolium Repens, 



235. Scoparius,* 



236. Cassia Fistula,* Fruit, 247. 



237. Ceratonia, 



HvEMATOXYLON.. Wood, 238. Tamarindus,* 



245. 

 243- 

 243 a. 

 246. 



248. 

 249. 



SANTALUM \ Dipteryx 250. 



RUBRUM, / 239 ' Abri Semen Seed, 232. 



SENNA, Leaves, 240. Foenum Graecum 251. 



Cassia Marilandica, . 241. PHYSOSTIGMA 252. 



Melilotus Herb, 242. Mucuna, Hairs, 253. 



