290 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



60. (Fig. 71.) CIMICIFUGA. Cimicifuga. U. S. 

 Fl. ex. 60. Tinct. 60. 



Black snakeroot, Black cohosh, E. Schwarze Schlangenwurzel, 

 G. Racine d'acte"e a grappes, Fr. 



The rhizomes and roots of Cimicifuga racemosa Nutt. Ranun- 

 culaceae. 



Ash gray. 



Nearly odorless when dry; heavy, narcotic when moist. 



Sweetish, bitter, pungent. 



Parenchyma cells rather large containing minute nearly spherical 

 starch granules. The starch granules measure from 6 to 13/i and the 

 polarizing bands are indistinct and are limited to the peripheral por- 

 tion of the granule. Some compound granules are present. The hili 

 are rather large but quite indistinct. Some cork tissue and tracheids. 



Ash 10 per cent. 



Rarely adulterated. 



