378 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



115. (Fig. 116.) IGNATIA. Ignatia. 

 Fl. ex. 60. Tinct. 60. 



Bean of St. Ignatius, E. Ignazbohne, G. Feve de Saint-Ignace, 

 F6ve igasurique, Fr. 



The seeds of Strychnos Ignatia Lind., Loganiacese. 



Very light brown. 



Nearly odorless, smoky odor. 



Very bitter, mucilaginous. 



Histology much like that of Nux vomica buttons. Trichomes 

 usually wanting, when present not expanded at base. Epidermal 

 cells small, with granular contents. Endosperm tissues, thick-walled, 

 cells filled with granular proteid matter. 



