242 SABADILLA SAFFLOWER. 



oval-oblong, about T ^ inch long, at intervals of about 

 ^ inch. Flowers minute, greenish, sessile in the axils, 

 approximated in the lateral branches into a slightly 

 leafy spike. Taste, insipid. Odour, none. 



5ABADILLA. Schoenocaulon officinale, A. Gray. 



N.O. Liliactce. 



Syn. Cevadilla, Sabadilla, Vcratrum officinale, Schlecht., 

 Asagreea officinalis, Lindl. 



Part used Seeds. 

 Action Vermin destroying. 



Preparations Veratrine (alkaloid). Local irritant. 

 Ointment (veratrine) B.P. 



Distinctive character The seeds are usually met 

 with freed from the capsules, and are linear, pointed, 

 shining, wrinkled and angular, or concave by mutual 

 pressure, and contain oily albumen. The capsules are 

 more rarely met with. They consist of thin, oblong, 

 pointed, light brown, papery carpels about inch long, 

 and united at their base, each containing two seeds. 

 Taste, bitter, acrid. Odour, none. 



SAFFLOWER. Carthamus tinctorius, Linn. 



N.O. Composite. 



Syn. American Saffron, False Saffron, Bastard 

 Saffron, Flores Carthami, Dyer's Saffron. 



Part used Flowers. 



Action Laxative, diaphoretic. In domestic practice 

 these flowers are used for similar purposes as Saffron 

 proper, as in children's and infants' complaints and 



