510 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



194. (Fig. 186.) SUMBUL. Sumbul Root. U. S. 

 Fl. ex. 60. Tinct. 30. 



Sumbul wurzel, Moschuswurzel, G. Racine de sumbul, Fr. 



The roots of Ferula Sumbul Hooker jr., Umbelliferse. 



Light brown, resinous. 



Musk odor. 



Bitter, resinous (sticky). 



Rather abundant brown cork tissue. Very spongy parenchyma 

 of thin-walled, loosely united cells bearing abundant, irregular masses 

 of brownish resin. Below the cork a tissue of elongated brownish 

 cells filled with brown coloring matter. Rather large brown ducts, 

 varying in form from porous to reticulate and scalariform. 



Compare with the histology of the Russian and Indian varieties, 

 and also with the roots of Dorema Amoniacum (false sumbul of 

 India). 



