ILLICIUM 531 



The fruit of timpinella Anisum Linne (nat. ord. Umbel- 

 lif erse) . 



Habitat. — Soatheastern Europe, Egypt, "Western Asia; 

 also cultivated. 



Description. — About 4 or 5 Mm. long, ovate, compressed 

 at the sides ; grayish, finely hairy, and consisting of two 

 mericarps, each with a flat face and five light brownish," fili- 

 form ridges, and about fifteen thin oil tubes, which can be 

 seen in a transverse section by the microscope. It has an 

 agreeable, aromatic odor, and a sweet, spicy taste. It may 

 be distinguished from coniam fruit by the odor and taste, 

 while the latter has usually single mericarps which are 

 smooth, grooved upon the face, and have crenate ridges with 

 wrinkles between them, and no oil tubes. 



Constituents. — Oil of anise. 



Z>ose.— H. & C, S i.-ii. (30.-60.) ; Sh. & Sw., 3 ii.-iii. 

 (8.-12.) ; D., gr.x.-xxx. (.6-2.). 



Illioium. lUieium. (U. S. P.) 



Synonym. — Anisi stellati fruotus, B.P.; star anise. 



The fruit of illicium verum Hooker filius (nat. ord. 

 Magnoliacese). 



Habitat. — North Anam. 



Description. — The fruit is pedunculate and consists of 

 fight stellately arranged carpels, which are boat-shaped, 

 about 10 Mm. long, rather woody, wrinkled, straight-beaked, 

 brown, dehiscent on the upper suture, internally reddish- 

 brown, glossy, and containing a single, flattish, oval, glossy, 

 brownish-yellow seed ; odor anise-like, taste of the carpels 

 sweet and aromatic, and of the seeds oily. Similar to the 

 poisonous fruit of Illicium anisatum Linne (Illicium religi- 

 osum Siebold), the capsules of which are more woody, 

 shrivelled, and have a thin, mostly curved beak; a faint, 

 clove-like odor, and an unpleasant taste. 



Constituents. — Oil of anise. 



i)ose.— Same as that for anise. 



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