UNORGANIZED CELL-CONTENTS. 
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(3) Those not more than 15 m in diameter : Apocynum, cinchona 
colchici semen (in caruncle only), convallaria, sumbul, valeriana. 
(4) Those not more than 20 /x in diameter : Glycyrrhiza, phyto- 
laocse radix. 
(6) Those not more than 30 /x in diameter: Stillingia. 
COMPOUND SPHERICAL OR POLYGONAL GRAINS. 
(1) Two- to three-compound : Belladonnse radix (5 to 15 /x), sas 
safras (7 to 20 /*), and veratrum viride (7 to 20 /x). 
(2) Two- to four-compound: Aconitum (4 to 12 /x), cinnamomum 
(7 to 15 /u.), colchici cormis (7 to 20 n), ipecacuhana (4 to 14 /a), 
those of Carthagena ipecac being uniformly larger ; krameria (20 to 
30 m), rheum (6 to 20 /x), and sarsaparilla (7 to 20 /x). 
(3) Two- to six-compound : Podophyllum (5 to 12 /x). 
(4) More than six-compound : Capsicum (3 to 7 /x), cardamomum 
1 to 4 m), cubeba (1 to 4 m), gossypii radicis cortex (4 to 20 /x), 
mezereum (10 to 15 tx) myristica (5 to 7 m), pimenta (7 to 10), and 
rubus (3 to 7). 
ELLIPSOIDAL OR OVOID GBAINS. 
(a) Althaea (10 to 20 /x), geranium (10 to 15 m), glyeerrhiza ('> to 10 
/u.), pareira (7 to 15 /*), pliysostigma (25 to 40 /*), stillingia (15 to 30 
m), strophanthus (2 to 4 /*), and zingiber (15 to 30 tx). 
OTHER GRAINS OP CHARACTERISTIC SHAPE. 
Calumba (25 to 35 /*), iris florentina (15 to 30 /x), and potato 
(75 to 110 /x). 
ALTERED GRAINS. 
Guarana (10 /*), and jalapa (15 to 35 /x and two- to three-com- 
pound), tragacantha (2 to 10 /x), turmeric in masses (70 to 140 /x ). 
Macis contains amylodextrin grains, which give a reddish color 
with iodine. 
VEGETABLE DRUGS WITHOUT STARCH. 
The following are some of the drugs which do not 
contain starch : 
Amygdala amara, A. dulcis, anisum, aurantii amari cortex, 
aurantii dulcis cortex, coffea, carum, caryopliyllus, cocculus, 
colocynthis, conium, coriandrum, cydonium, gentiana, hmmatoxy- 
lon, illicium, lappa, limonis cortex, linum, nux vomica (except in 
pulp adhering to seed), pepo, pyrethrum, quassia, rhus glabra, 
