3 2 4 



UMBELLIFER^E 



Preparation of Panaquilon. Concentrate the cold infusion to a syrup, pre- 

 cipitate by concentrated solution of sodium sulphate, wash the precipitate thor- 

 oughly with the saline solution, then treat with alcohol, which dissolves the prin- 

 ciple; evaporate to dryness. 



379. ARALIA NUDICAULIS Linne. FALSE SARSAPARILLA. WILD LICORICE. 

 Habitat: North America. (Rhizome.) Horizontal, often 300 mm. (12 in.) 

 in length, and about the thickness of the little finger; it has a yellowish-brown, 

 wrinkled, and annulate bark, inclosing a yellow wood . and spongy pith ; 

 somewhat aromatic; taste warm, aromatic, and sweetish. The rhizome of 

 Ara'lia racemo'sa, N.F. Linne' (American Spikenard) is short and from 25 to 

 50 mm. (l to 2 in.) thick, marked above by prominent stem-scars and beset 

 below with long, branching rootlets; externally pale brown, internally whitish; 

 more aromatic and spicy than A. nudicau'lis. Both rhizomes are used exten- 

 sively in domestic practice as stimulant, diaphoretic, and alterative. Dose: 

 30 to 60 gr. (2 to 4 Gm.), in infusion. 



380. ARALIA HISPIDA Ventenat. DWARF ELDER. Habitat: United States. 

 (Rhizome.) Diuretic; used in dropsy, etc. Dose of fluidextract : i to 2 

 fl. dr. (4 to 8 mils). 



UMBELLIFERffi. Parsley Family 



Herbs with hollow stems. The umbellate inflorescence the general char- 

 acter of the order gives rise to its name. The fruit, called a cremocarp (from 

 cremao, to support, and karpos, fruit), is perhaps the most marked characteristic 

 of the order; it originates from one ovary surmounted by 2 styles and often crowned 

 by the limb of the calyx, and has 2 cells and 2 seeds. The entire fruit is usually 

 ellipsoidal, but in the case of the coriander it is spherical; it divides itself into 

 two mericarps (half -fruits) suspended by their summits from a slender axis (car- 

 pophore), usually 2 -forked; each mericarp has 5 to 10 more or less prominent ridges 

 (juga), in the furrows or grooves between which are several oil-tubes (vittae), 

 usually visible in cross-section; in anise there are usually 15, in coriander 2. The 

 roots contain an abundance of aromatic resin. 



Synopsis of Drugs from the Umbellifera 



A. Fruits. 



ANISUM, 381. 

 FCENICULUM, 382. 

 "Conium, 383. 

 CARUM, 385- 

 CORIANDRUM, 386. 

 Anethum, 387. 

 *Apium, 388. 

 Ajowan, 389. 

 *Petroselinum, 391. 

 Phellandrium, 392. 

 Cuminum, 393. 

 Carota, 394. 



E. Searopten. 



THYMOL, 390. 



F. Roots. 



SUMBUL, 400. 

 Imperatpria, 401. 

 Laserpitium, 402. 

 * Angelica Atropurpurea, 395. 

 Angelica, 396. 



B. Leaves. 



Conii Folia, 384. 



C. Volatile Oils. 



OLEUM ANISI, 381 a. 

 OLEUM FCENICULI, 382 a. 

 OLEUM CARI, 385 a. 

 OLEUM CORIANDRI, 386 a. 

 Oleum Anethi, 387 a. 



D. Gum Resins. 



ASAF(ETIDA, 397. 

 Galbanum, 398. 

 Ammoniacum, 399. 



F. Roots. (Continued.) 

 Levisticum, 403. 

 *Petroselinum, 391. 

 *Pimpinella, 404. 

 Thapsia, 405. 

 Cicuta, 406. 

 Eryngium, 407. 

 Osmorrhiza, 408. 



381. ANISUM. ANISE 

 ANISE 



The ripe fruit of Pimpinel'la an'isum Linn, with not more than 3 per cent, of for- 

 eign seeds and other vegetable matter. 



