484 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



179. SCILLA. Squill. U. S. 

 Fl. ex. 20. Tinct. 30. 



Squills, E. Meerzwiebel, G. Scille, Squille, Fr. 



The bulbs of Urginea Scilla Steinheil, Liliacese. 



Very pale yellowish brown. 



Odorless. 



Very mucilaginous, bitter, pungent. 



Very large, thin-walled, colorless parenchyma cells filled with 

 mucilage, and many of them contain acicular crystals (raphides) of 

 calcium oxalate. These crystals vary from short and fine, like those 

 of ipecac, to very large, like those of Iris florentina. The greatly 

 elongated cells with the large crystals are visible to the naked eye, 

 appearing as glistening specks in a longitudinal section. 



Ash 4 per cent. 



Adulteration infrequent. 



180. Fig. 172.) SCOPARIUS. Scoparius. 

 Fl. ex. 20. 



Broom, Irish broom, E. Besenginster, Pfriemenkraut, G. Gen6t d 

 balais, Fr. 



The tops of Cytisus scoparius Link., Papilionacese. 



Brown. 



Heavy, disagreeable, characteristic; when moist. 



Very bitter. 



Polygonal epidermal cells; neighboring cells of stomata small. 

 Yellowish, simple, single-celled, thick-walled trichomes, with a few 

 small warty markings on cuticle; basal ends broken off diagonally. 

 Some bast and crystal-bearing fibers. Numerous small spiral ducts 

 with delicate spiral thickenings; some annular and reticulate ducts 

 and tracheids. Oval brownish pollen grains resembling a foot-ball in 

 form. Some parenchymatous tissue and rectangular (in longitudinal 

 view) hypodermal tissue. 



