278 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



52. (Fig. 65.) CHAMAELIRIUM. Starwort. 

 Fl. ex. 30. 



Blazing star, Devil's bit, False unicorn-root, E. 



The rhizomes of Chamaelirium luteum Gray, Melanthaceae. 



Brownish gray. 



Nearly odorless. 



Bitter. - 



Large sclerenchymatous bast cells; smaller tracheid-like sclerenchy- 

 ma cells; isodiametric, rather thin walled sclerenchyma cells ; tracheids ; 

 parenchyma with small simple spherical starch granules and raphides 

 of calcium oxalate; outer parenchyma with reddish brown contents. 



53. CHELIDONIUM. Chelidonium. 

 Fl. ex. 40. 



Celandine, Tetterwort, E. Schollkraut, G. Chelidone, Herbe a 

 Phirondelle, Fr. 



The herb of Chelidonium majus L., Papaveraceae. 



Dark greenish brown. 



Fragrant when dry, recalling gaultheria; narcotic, heavy, when 

 fresh or moist. 



Somewhat pungent, bitterish. 



Vertical walls of upper and lower epidermis wavy; stomata on 

 lower surface only; simply, long, many-celled, smooth and thin walled 

 trichomes above and below. 



Glaucium luteum (horn poppy) and G. corniculatum may be sub- 

 stituted for Chelidonium. 



