Conspectus of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacal Botany: Comprising the Vegetable and Animal Drugs: Their Physical Character, Geographical Origin, Classification, Constituents, Doses, Adulterations, &C Tables of the Tests and Solubilities of the Alkaloi
Conspectus of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacal Botany: Comprising the Vegetable and Animal Drugs: Their Physical Character, Geographical Origin, Classification, Constituents, Doses, Adulterations, &C Tables of the Tests and Solubilities of the Alkaloi
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...of Coffee, and also with the principles found in Paullinia and Ilex. Sinuate, Serrate, Lance-Oblong, Acuminate, Smooth. CASTANEA. C. vesca. Chestnut. Large tree with leaves from four to eight inches long by about two in breadth, lance-oblong, sharp at the end, strongly and somewhat unequally serrated; ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...of Coffee, and also with the principles found in Paullinia and Ilex. Sinuate, Serrate, Lance-Oblong, Acuminate, Smooth. CASTANEA. C. vesca. Chestnut. Large tree with leaves from four to eight inches long by about two in breadth, lance-oblong, sharp at the end, strongly and somewhat unequally serrated; margin repand-dentate, with prominent parallel nerves beneath; brilliant green color, firm consistence, flexible, The leaves of the chestnut-oak, which have a very similar form and structure, are distinguished by their rounded crenate margins. No odor; slight, astringent taste. Collected late in Autumn. Contains considerable Tannin. CORIACEOUS. Serrate, Above Wedged, Lanceolate, Not Aromatic. CHIMAPHILA. G. umbellata. Pipsissewa. Evergreen plant, about eight inches high, having two or three whorls of leaves at apex of stem. The leaves are about two inches in length, ob-lanceolate, cuneiform at base, slight point at apex, .coriaceous; margin serrate; upper surface shining dark green, lower, paler; entirely smooth. Scarcely any odor; astringent, slightly bitter taste. C. maculata has the same medicinal qualities, but differs physically in being oval-lanceolate, upper surface paler, and dotted with small white holes along the midrib. Same constituents as Uva Ursi. Arbutin, Ursone and Tannin. Obscurely Serrate, Obovate, Aromatic. CAULTHERIA. G. procumbent. f Wintergreen. r t Jrartridgeberry. Small creeping plant, producing erect shoots with few leaves and flowers. Leaves are orbicular in outline, thick, coriaceous texture; upper surface dark green, smooth; lower lighter; margin thick and finely serrulate (pressed down to the margin), base free; short stalked, unequal size, Agreeable odor; aromatic, astringent taste. Contains Vol. Oil, Arbutin and.
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