352 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



97. (Fig. 103.) GENTIANA. Gentian. U. S. 

 Fl. ex. 30. Tinct. comp. 40. 



Enzianwurzel, Bitterwurzel, Rother Enzian, Gelber Enzian, G. Racine 

 de gentiane (de gentiane jaune), Fr. 



The roots of Gentiana lutea L., Gentianaceae. 



Dull yellow brown. 



Very faintly fragrant. 



Very bitter, sweetish. 



Beneath the brownish outer corky tissue is a layer of thick-walled 

 collenchymatous tissue followed by the large celled, loosely united, 

 collapsed empty parenchyma. Mostly typically reticulate and some 

 porous yellowish ducts. No starch. 



Ash 3 per cent. 



Adulterated with roots of allied species. Said to be carelessly 

 adulterated with aconite roots, belladonna roots, white hellebore and 

 orris root. 



