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.

Date:
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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    Characters.—In small irregular shining fragments of a very dark ruby colour, the thinnest flakes being trans- parent when examined by transmitted light. Partially soluble in water; in hot alcohol (90 per cent.) about 40 per cent, of the Gum is soluble, the solution being scarcely coloured. It has no odour ; its taste is astringent. It should be free from admixture of corky or woody particles. On keeping, the fragments are liable to become dull and blackish in colour. In the under-mentioned divisions of the Empire, Butea Gum may be employed in making the official preparations for which Kino (distin- guished in commerce as East Indian, Malabar, or Madras Kino) is directed to be used. India. Eastern Colonies. BUTE^E SEMUNTA. Butea Seeds. The seeds of Butea frondosa, Boxb. [Bcntl. and Trim., Med. PI. vol. ii. plate 79]. Characters.—The Seeds are flat and reniform, from one to one and a half inches (twenty-five to thirty-eight millimetres) long, from three-quarters of an inch to one inch (sixteen to twenty-five millimetres) wide, and from one-sixteenth to one-twelfth of an inch (one and a half to two millimetres) thick. The testa is thin, glossy, veined, wrinkled, and of a dark reddish-brown colour. There is a large prominent hilum situated in the middle of the concave edge. The cotyledons are large, leafy, and of a yellow colour. Butea Seeds have a faint odour, and a slightly acrid taste. India. Eastern Colonies. CALOTROPIS. Calotropis. Synonym.—Mudar. The dried root-bark of Calotropis procera, B. Brown [Bcntl. and Trim., Med. PL vol. iii. plate 176], and of Calotropis gigantea, B. Brown [Wight, Illustr. plate 155], freed from the outer corky layer.
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