SEEDS. 
Ill 
B. Campylotropous. 
a. Globular. 
Yellowish brown Sinapis alba 
Reddish brown Sinapis nigra 
b. Reniform, bluish black Stramouii semeD 
II. Between 10-20 mm. long. 
Whitish, smooth Pep 
Yellowish green or light brown, hairy . . . Strophanthus 
III. Between 20-30 mm. long. 
1. More or less flattened : 
a. Ovate or oblong-lanceolate. 
Bitter Amygdala amara 
Sweet Amygdala dulcis 
b. Plano-convex or 3 to 6-sided Cola 
c. Orbicular, hairy Nux vomica 
d. Reniform, brownish red Physostigma 
2. Not flattened : 
Ellipsoidal Myristica 
II. PRODUCTS OP OR PARTS OP SEEDS. 
Hairs Gossypium 
A paste of the crushed seeds Guarana 
The arillode of Myristica Macis 
COIjCHICI SEMEN— (Colcliicitm Seed). 
The dried, ripe seeds of Colchicum ciutumnale (Fani. 
Liliacese), a perennial bulbous plant, native of and 
growing in moist meadows and pastures in Southern 
and Middle Europe and Northern Africa. The com- 
mercial supplies come chiefly from England and Ger- 
many. 
Description. — Hemi-anatropous, ovoid or irregu- 
larly globular, more or less beaked, with an easily 
detachable stropliiole, 2 to 3 mm. in diameter; exter- 
nally dark brown, becoming darker with age, minutely 
pitted, the epidermis detached in irregular patches in 
older seeds; frequently agglutinated when fresh, due 
to the presence of a saccharine exudation ; very hard 
when dry, tough when damp; internally whitish, endo- 
