COCCULUS 



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The disks are woody, the center being prominent and not depressed, 

 and the ash varies from 11.9 to 16.6 per cent. 



COCCULUS. Cocculus Indicus, Fructus Cocculi or Fish Berries. 

 The dried fruit of Anamirta Cocculus (Fam. Menispermacese), 

 a woody climber growing in the mountainous woods of south- 

 eastern Asia. The berries are commonly used by the natives to 



FIG. 108. Calumba: A, transverse section showing bark (R\ cambium (C), 

 and wood (H), wood fibers (H), trachea; (<?), periderm (Pe) and sieve (s); 

 B, longitudinal section of periderm showing parenchyma (p), small-celled 

 cork (k) and large-celled cork (k ); C, transverse section near cambium 

 showing tracheae (g, g), intermediate fiber (i), cambium (c), parenchyma (p) 

 and sieve cell (s); D, stone cell from the periderm containing calcium oxa- 

 late; E, lamellated starch grains. After Meyer. 



stupefy fish, thus making it possible to catch them by hand. The 

 fruits when ripe are of a reddish color and are removed from their 

 stalks and dried. The drug seems to deteriorate with age, and those 

 fruits which are of a dark color, having the seeds well preserved are 



