330 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



84. ERGOTA. Ergota. U. S. 

 Fl. ex. 60. Tinct., coarse powder. 



Spurred rye, blasted rye, E. Mutterkorn, Hungerkorn, Kornmutter, 

 Zapfenkorn, G. Ergot de seigle, Ble" cornu, Fr. 



The mycelium of Claviceps purpurea Tuslane, Hypocreacete, dis- 

 placing the seeds of Secale cereale L., Graminese. 



Dark ash gray tinged with purple. 



Somewhat musty; heavy, rancid, herring brine odor when old. 



Somewhat sweetish and pungent; nearly tasteless. 



Consists of a much intertwined hyphal tissue. The outer layers 

 of a small-celled pseudo-parenchyma with dark cell-walls. Small 

 fragments of hyphse only, no elongated elements visible. Abundant 

 oil globules may be seen upon heating the slide mount. A small 

 amount of rye starch will usually be found, traceable to the few normal 

 rye grains which are generally present in the crude drug. >> . 



Ash should not exceed 4.5 per cent. 



The powdered article deteriorates very rapidly. Should be free 

 from foreign mold elements and yeast cells. May be adulterated with 

 corn smut. There should be no vascular tissue or any other true vege- 

 table tissue or epidermal structures. 



85. (Fig. 91.) ERIODICTYON. Mountain Balm. U. S. 



Fl. ex. 30. 



Consumptives' weed, Bear's weed, E. 



The leaves of Eriodictyon Calif ornicum G., Hydrophyllacese. 



Light brownish green. 



Somewhat aromatically fragrant; recalling tea or hay. 



Sweetish, bitterish, sticky (resin). 



Upper epidermal cells comparatively large, thick-walled with 

 linear cuticular markings, vertical walls straight. Lower epidermal 

 cells similar in form, but much smaller, and not readily seen because 

 of the numerous trichomes. Numerous simple, single-celled, thick- 

 walled, elongated, wavy trichomes. Some sessile glandular trichomes. 

 Aggregate crystals of calcium oxalate. 



Ash 7 per cent. 



Mixed with Eriodictyon tomentosum which has short trichomes. 



