446 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



155. (Fig. 152.) PODOPHYLLUM. May Apple. U. S. 



Fl. ex. 60. 



Mandrake root, E. Fussblattwurzel, G. Rhizome de podophyllum, 

 Fr. 



The rhizomes and rootlets of Podophyllum peltatum L., Berberi- 

 dacese. 



Light grayish brown. 



Nearly odorless. 



Sweetish, very bitter, somewhat pungent. 



Some brown cork tissue, Parenchyma cells thick-walled, loosely 

 united, filled with compound (mostly twos and threes) starch granules 

 and aggregates of granules. Some cells with, quite large aggregate 

 crystals of calcium oxalate. Reticulate, porous, and a few spiral ducts. 



Ash 4 per cent. 



Not generally adulterated. Leaf stalks may be added. May be 

 gathered out of season. 



