340 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



90. (Fig. 97.) FOEUM GRAECUM. Fenugreek. 



Moderately fine. 



Bockshornsamen, G. Fenugrec, Senegrain, Fr. 



The seeds of Trigonella foecum graecum L., Leguminosae. 



Very pale yellowish brown. 



Very strong characteristic odor. 



Bitter, mucilaginous. 



Epidermis of vertically elongated cells with granular contents; 

 semilunar hypodermal cells with outer convex walls much thicker, of 

 yellowish color; some thin- walled parenchyma containing granular 

 particles, followed by an inner dermal layer. Endosperm cells, 

 rather thin-walled, filled with proteid granules and oil globules. 



