202 BRITISH AND UNITED STATES PHARMACOPOEIAS. 
the English translation of the Latin names; but in the above 
examples this is not the case, except in two instances, in one 
of which the synonyme given is also in italics. For " Potassae 
sulphas cum sulphure," no translation is given except in the 
Index. The name of the preparation called " Spiritus am- 
moniae foetidus" is nowhere rendered in English except in 
the Index, and there it is called Jimmoniated spirit of 
Jlssafaztida, the former name of the Pharmacopoeia. 
No definite nomenclature, either in Latin or English, is 
given for a majority of the volatile oils. Nearly the whole 
of them are enumerated under the head of "Volatile Oils," 
at pages 185, 186, and directed to be obtained from certain 
specified parts of the appropriate plants, designated by their 
botanical names, in the manner directed by a general for- 
mula which is given. Here we perceive a departure from the 
plan of nomenclature of the College, which designates the 
parts of plants medicinally used, whenever practicable, by a 
single word; as Anthem is for Chamomile, and so of the rest. 
Thus, instead of saying that by pursuing a general formula, 
a volatile oil may be obtained " from the flowers of Anthemis 
nobilis," the directions should have read " from Chamomile," 
which means the flowers of Jlnthemis nobilis. The same 
remark applies to all the volatile oils here enumerated. The 
Latin and English officinal names should have been inserted. 
The former are nowhere specially given, and the latter are 
only to be inferred from the names used in the body of the 
formulae or in the Index ; and the names, thus given, do not 
always agree. 
The Edinburgh College have made a number of additions 
to their officinal catalogue. We subjoin a list of the most im- 
portant of these additions, indicating, by initials, the sub- 
stances which were previously included in the lists of the 
Dublin, London, and United States Pharmacopoeias. The order 
of the initials shows the order of time in which the several 
articles were adopted in the works to which they refer. The 
absence of all initials of course indicates an article not in- 
