CONIUM 327 



OFFICIAL PREPARATIONS. 



Aqua Fceniculi (0.2 per cent.), Dose: Y to i fl. oz. (8 to 30 mils). 



Pulvis Glycyrrhizae Compositus (0.4 



per cent.), K to 2 dr. (2 to 8 Gm.). 



Spiritus Juniper! Compositus (0.05 



per cent.), i to 4 fl. dr. (4 to 15 mils). 



FIG. 189. Fceniculum capillaceum Branch and fruit entire and in cross-section. 



383. CONIUM. CONIUM 

 POISON HEMLOCK. Ger. SCHIERLINGSFRCttHTE 



The full-grown, but unripe fruit of Con'ium macula'tum Linn, carefully dried 

 and preserved, should yield by assay, not less than 0.5 per cent, of coniine. It 

 should not be kept longer than two years. 



DESCRIPTION OF DRUG. Gathered when full grown but yet green, the yield of 

 alkaloid being greatest at this time. Small, roundish-ovate, laterally com- 

 pressed, grayish-green. The mericarps, which are often separated, have five 



