CORSICAN MOSS GOTO. 83 



in a pint of boiling water is a most active preparation, 

 and should be freely taken. 



Preparation Fluid extract : Dose, -2 drachms. 



Distinctive character Fine silky yellowish threads 

 about 6 inches long and -$ inch in diameter, finely 

 hairy, consisting of the stigmas from the female flowers 

 of maize. Taste, sweetish. Odour, none. 



CORSICAN MOSS. 



Alsidium Helmlathocorton, Ktttz. 



Syn. Fticus Helminthocorton, Linn. ' ' * " 



Part used Plant. 



Action Anthelmintic, vermifuge. Acts very power- 

 fully on lumbricoid intestinal worms. The dose is from 

 10-60 grains taken with honey, treacle, syrup, or made 

 up as an infusion. 



Distinctive character In tangled tufts of slender 

 brownish white, cylindrical threads showing under the 

 microscope transverse series of small oblong cells which 

 give it a striated appearance. Taste, saline. Odour, 

 that of seaweed. 



COTO. Botanical source unknown. 



Part used-Bark. N '- *"**> 



Action Antiseptic, astringent. Used with good 

 results in intestinal catarrh, diarrhoea, and dysentery. 

 A decoction of i ounce of bark in a pint of boiling water 

 may be taken in tablespoonful doses or more as required. 



Preparations Powdered bark : Dose, 2-15 grains. 

 Fluid extract: Dose, 5-15 drops. Cotoin : Dose, 

 1-3 grains. 



Distinctive character Genuine Goto Bark is no 

 longer to be met with in commerce. Paracoto bark, 

 which is now very rare in commerce, occurs in curved 

 thick pieces 4-6 inches or more long, and about i\ inches 



