The British pharmacopoeia / published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom, pursuant to the Acts XXI & XXII Victoria, cap. XC, 1858 and XXV and XXVI Victoria, cap. XCI, 1862.

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1898-
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Credit: The British pharmacopoeia / published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom, pursuant to the Acts XXI & XXII Victoria, cap. XC, 1858 and XXV and XXVI Victoria, cap. XCI, 1862. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in the outer layers, but fibrous in the liber portion. It has a faint aromatic odour and a very bitter taste. India. Australasian Colonies. Eastern Colonies. ANDROGRAPHIS. Andrographis. The dried plant, Andrographis paniculata, Nces [Bcntl. and Trim., Med, PL vol. hi. plate 197]. Characters.—Stem one to three feet (three decimetres to one metre) high, obtusely quadrangular and, in the upper portion, slightly winged, longitudinally furrowed, smooth, and of a dark green colour. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, lanceolate, entire; the upper surface is dark green and shining, the lower surface somewhat paler and finely granular. The leaves vary in size, the larger ones attaining a length of three inches (seven and a half centi- metres), and a width of about one inch (twenty-five milli- metres) ; they are thin and brittle. Calyx small, hairy, deeply five-cleft. Capsules somewhat cylindrical, tapering towards the ends, about five-eighths of an inch (fifteen milli- metres) long, and one-eighth of an inch (three millimetres) wide, two-valved, with a deep furrow passing longitudinally down the face of each valve. Eoot simple, fusiform, and woody. The dried plant is without odour ; its taste is intensely bitter. India. Eastern Colonies. ARISTOLOCHIA. Aristolo chia. The dried stem and root of Aristolochia indica, Linn. Wight, Icones, plate 1858] Characters.—The stem attains a diameter of about five- eighths of an inch (fifteen millimetres) ; it is usually in more or less cylindrical pieces, marked with the projecting scars of leaves and branches, covered with a greyish-yellow bark, having shallow longitudinal furrows and reticulations in
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