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oft with upper part of calyx. Capsule spiny. Taste, 

 bitter and saline. Odour, when fresh, rank and dis- 

 agreeable, but tea-like when dried. The under surface 

 of the leaf, when dry, is minutely wrinkled. Seeds 

 black, kidney-shaped, flat, about inch long and jfe inch 

 thick, reticulated and finely pitted, the embryo coiled 

 in white oily albumen, parallel to the face of the seed. 



STRAWBERRY. Fragarla vesca, Linn. 



N.O. Rosactce. 

 Part used Leaves. 



Action Mildly astringent, diuretic. Used in chil- 

 dren's diarrhoea and affections of the urinary organs. 

 The infusion of i ounce to a pint of boiling water is 

 taken in doses from a teaspoonful to a wineglassful. 



Distinctive character Leaves long-stalked, tri- 

 foliate, leaflets obovate, shortly stalked, paler beneath, 

 2-3 inches long, and 2-2$ inches broad, with large serrate 

 teeth, feather-veined, the veins erect, each ending in a 

 tooth. Taste, astringent. Odour, feeble. 



STROPHANTHUS. Strophanthus Kombe, Oliv. 



N.O. Apocynacetf. 

 Part used Seeds. 



Action Cardiac tonic. Used in muscular debility 

 of heart and cardiac pains with dyspnoea. This drug 

 should be used very cautiously owing to its great 

 variation in strength. 



Preparations Tincture B.P. and U.S. P. : Dose, 

 5-15 drops. Powdered extract B.P. : Dose, J-i grain. 



Distinctive character Seeds greenish brown, inch 

 long and inch broad, with appressed hairs, elliptical, 

 furnished with a long awn. A section of the seed gives 



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