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Evans Sons Bescher and Webb report on the examination of two 
samples of stavesacre seeds in which the ash was 12 per cent and 13 
per cent, respectively. — Analytical Xotes for 1906, E.. L. & W., Lond., 
1907, p. 30. 
Francis, John M., recommends chilling the fluid extract and filter- 
ing free from the congealed fat. — Bull. Pharm., Detroit, 1906, v. 
20, p. 12. 
An abstract (from X. York M. J.) points out that staphisagria, 
though rarely, if ever, employed internally, is represented in the 
U. S. P. VIII by a fluid extract, with an average dose of 1 minim. 
Staphisagria is used chiefly as a paraciticide, and a fluid extract is 
not an eligible preparation for that purpose. — Am. J. Pharm., Phila., 
1906, v. 78, p. 410. 
STILLINGIA SYLVATICA. 
Henkel, Alice, mentions Stillingia sylvatica L., often called stil- 
lingia, queen's-root, queen’s-deliglit, and silver leaf, as occurring in 
dry sandy soil and pine barrens from Maryland to Florida, west to 
Kansas and Texas. — Bui. Bur. Plant Ind., U. S. Dept. Agric., 1906, 
Xo. 89, p. 68. 
Francis, John M., advises that the fluid extract, because it tends 
to gelatinize, should be stocked in limited quantity. — Bull. Pharm., 
Detroit, 1906, v. 20. p. 12. 
Chiron, Paul, (L'Art Med.) recommends stillingia in left-sided 
syphilitic sciatica, especially with periostitis and nodes of the tibia. — 
Abstr., Hahneman. Month., Phila., 1906, v. 41, p. 880. 
STRAMONIUM. 
Henkel, Alice, mentions Datura stramonium L., commonly known 
as stramonium, jimson-weed, Jamestown- weed, thorn-apple, and 
apple-of-Peru, as having been introduced from the Tropics, and 
occurring in fields and waste places throughout the United States, 
with the exception of the Xorth and West. — Bull. Bur. Plant Ind., 
U. S. Dept. Agric., 1906, Xo. 89, p. 25. 
Sage, C. Edward, presents an illustration of Datura tatula and 
points out that it can readily be distinguished from D. stramonium 
by its mauve flowers and purple stem, stramonium having ivhite flow- 
ers and green stems. — Brit, and Col. Drug., Bond., 1906, v. 50, p. 127. 
The Pli. Brit. Committee of Reference in Pharmacy report on 
stramonium says give an ash limit, 15 per cent, and microscopical 
characters. — Chem. & Drug., Bond., 1906, v. 69, p. 865. 
Puckner, W. A., reports the assay of 16 samples of stramonium, 
which varied from 0.13 to 0.45 per cent of mydriatic alkaloids. He 
points out that the drug is liable to vary greatly. The standard 
should not be as high as that for belladonna leaf. — Proc. Am. Pharm. 
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