BRITISH AND UNITED STATES TH ARMACOPCKI AS. 
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that the name stands in the nominative case; that it expres- 
ses the medicine, and nothing else ; that it is short and ex- 
plicit, and does not require to be mutilated in practical use, 
as long names will inevitably be." The principle of nomen- 
clature, here laid down, was happily applied in a great num- 
ber of cases, and has since been successively adopted in the 
London and Edinburgh Pharmacopoeias. The extent of this 
reform in nomenclature, and the influence its adoption has 
had in diminishing synonymes, are shown by the following 
table. 
Pharm. 
Pharm, 
Pharm. 
Edinburgh, 
London , 
tf.S.1820. 
1817. 
1824. 
X.1836 & £.1841. 
Allii Sativi Radix. 
Allii Radix. 
Allium. 
Aloes Extractum. 
Aloes spicatse Extractum. Aloe.* 
Pimpinellae Anisi Semina. 
Anisi Semina. 
Anisum. 
Antheraidis Nobilis Flores. 
Anthemidis Flores. 
Anthemis. 
Cochleariae Armoraciae Radix. 
Armoraciae Radix. 
Armoracia. 
Ferulae AsssefoetidaBGummi-resina.AssafetidaeGummi-resina.Assarostida. 
Atropss Belladonnas Folia. 
Belladonnas Folia. 
Belladonna. 
Canellae Albae Cortex. 
Canellae Cortex. 
Canella. 
Capsici Annui Fructus. 
Capsici Baccae. 
Capsicum. 
Amomi Repentis Semina. 
Cardamomi Semina. 
Cardamomum. 
Crotonis Eleutheriae Cortex. 
Cascarillae Cortex. 
Cascarilla. 
Acaciae Catechu Extractum. 
Catechu Extractum. 
Catechu. 
Lauri Cinnamomi Cortex. 
Cinnamomi Cortex. 
Cinnamomum. 
Cucumeris Colocyuthidis Pulpa. 
Colocynthidis Pulpa. 
Colocynthis. 
Coriandri Sativi Semina. 
Coriandri Semina. 
Coriandrum, 
Croci Sativi Stigmata. 
Croci Stigmata. 
Crocus. 
Solani Dulcamaras Caules. 
Dulcamarae Caulis. 
Dulcamara. 
Anethi Foeniculi Semina. 
Foeniculi Semina. 
Fceniculum. 
Bubonis Galbani Gummi-Resina. 
Galbani Gummi-resina. 
Galbanum. 
Gentianae Luteae Radix. 
Gentianae Radix. 
Gentiana. 
HaematoxyliCampechiani Lignum. Haematoxyli Lignum. 
C Haematoxylon, U.S..E, 
£ Haematoxylum, L. 
Hordei Distichi Semina. 
Hordei Semina. 
Hordeum. 
Ipecacuanhae Radix. 
Ipecacuanhae Radix. 
Ipecacuanha. 
Convolvuli Jalapae Radix. 
Jalapae Radix. 
Jalapa. 
Lavandulae Spicae Flores. 
Lavandulae Flores. 
Lavandula. 
Myristicae Moschatae Nucleus. 
Myristicae Nuclei. 
Myristica. 
Myrti Pimentae Fructus. 
Pimentae Baecae. 
Pimenta. 
Quassise Excelsae Lignum. 
Quassiae Lignum. 
Quassia. 
Rhei Radix. 
Rhei Radix. 
Rheum. 
Rorismarini Officinalis Cacumina. Rosmarini Cacumina. 
Rosmarinus. 
♦In the Ed. Pharmacopoeia, in three subdivisions, Moe Barbadensh, Indica, and 
Socolorina. 
