514 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



196. (Fig. 188.) TARAXACUM. U. S. 



Fl. ex. 30. 



Dandelion, E. Lowenzahn, Pfaffenrohrchen, G. Dent de lion, Fr. 



The roots of Taraxacum officinale Weber, Composite. 



Light brown. 



Very peculiar disagreeable odor. 



Sweetish, somewhat bitter. 



Some brownish cork. Medium sized parenchyma bearing inulin. 

 Laticiferous ducts. Typically reticulate ducts. No starch. No 

 porous tracheids and no true bast fibers. 



Ash 10 per cent. 



Too plentiful to be extensively adulterated. 



