MATERIA MED 1C A. 125 



and A. pectinata* DC. ( = Pinus Abies, Du Roi = />. 

 Picea, L.), the SILVER FlR, yields STRASSBURG TUR- 

 PENTINE, more fragrant than common turpentine, but 

 now seldom used. 



COMMON TURPENTINE, in Europe, is produced by 

 the SCOTS FIR, Pinus sylvestrisfi L., the CLUSTER or 

 MARITIME PINE, of Bordeaux, P. Pinaster,\ Aiton, 

 and the CORSICAN PINE, P. Laricio, Poiret ; and in 

 America by the PITCH PlNE, P. Australis^ Michaux, 

 and the LOBLOLLY, P. Tceda, L.|| 



Pinus Laricio, Poir., the CORSICAN PlNE, is the 

 species mainly employed in the manufacture of PlNE- 

 WOOL and FlR OIL, recently recommended for rheu- 

 matic and catarrhal affections.^" The latter, when 

 inhaled, affords relief to colds in the head. 



FILICES. 



Aspidium Filix-mas, Swartz, has, since 1851, been 

 administered as an ethereal extract. It is used chiefly 

 as a tsenifuge.** 



FUNGI. 



Agaricus muscarius, L., the FLY AGARIC, having 

 been found to contain an alkaloid, MUSCARINE, wholly 

 antagonistic in - its action to Atropine, has recently 

 attracted a good deal of attention in physiology ; but 

 it is difficult altogether to account for the large ex- 



* Bentley and Trimen, pi. 262; 



f Ibid., pi. 257. \ Ibid., pi. 256. 



Ibid., pi. 258. || Ibid., pi. 259. 



T[ S. Beaver, ' Pharm. Journ.,' iv (1863), pp. 424-5. 

 ** Bentley and Trimen, iv, pi. 300 ; * Pharraacographia." 

 p. 667. 



