472 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



171. (Fig. 166.) SABADILLA. Cevadffla. 

 Fl. ex. 30. Fine powder. 



Lausekorner, Sabadillsamen, G. CeVadille, Fr. 



The seeds of Asagraea officinalis Lindley, Melanthacese. 



Dull dark brown. 



Heavy, nauseous; very disagreeably rancid when old. 



Very bitter, pungent. 



Epidermal cells of seeds polygonal, vertically somewhat elongated, 

 walls rather thin, brown; brown, thin-walled, collapsed hypodermal 

 tissue. Endosperm cells collenchymatous with granular proteid matter. 



