502 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



189. (Fig. 182.) STAPHISAGRIA. Staphisagria. U. S. 



Fl. ex. 60. 



Stavesacre, E. Stephanskorner, Lausekorner, G. Staphisaigre, Fr. 



The seeds of Delphinium Staphisagria L., Ranunculaceae. 



Very dark. 



Heavy, nauseous, rancid. 



Very bitter, pungent. 



Enormous epidermal cells, vertically elongated, thick-walled, 

 brown, with warty to filamentous cuticular thickenings. Groups 

 of longer cells alternate with groups of shorter cells causing the pitted 

 appearance of the seed. Below the epidermis a thin- walled parenchyma. 

 Endosperm cells polygonal, walls moderately thick, not very porous, 

 filled with granular proteid matter and fat. 



