Catalogue of the collections / compiled by E.M. Holmes.

Date:
1878
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    36. Papavee Rhceas, L. a. Petals. b. Syrup. Note.—The petals do not contain morphia. P. J. [3], vol. iv., p. 2y0, For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 19. 37. Papavkr somniferum, L. a. Capsules. b. Small capsules. c. Ditto, showing horizontal incisions as made in Asia Minor. See P. J. [1], vol. xiv., p. 396 ; for fig., etc. d. Ditto, showing vertical incisions as made in India, Note.—These incisions are made in India by three or six pieces of flattened wire tied together into a kind of scarificator. See P. J. [1], vol. xi., p. 207, for fig. of instrument. e. Seeds, white. /. Ditto, black. (Maw seed.) Note.—The maw-seed of commerce is the seed of the black variety of the plant. The seeds of the black variety have one end larger than the other, and are a little pointed. For micr. section, vide Berg, Anat. Atlas, tai. A6. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med, Plants, tab. 18. g. Smyrna Opium. See P. J. [1], vol.'x., p. 474; [1], vol. xiv., p. 395. h. Ditto, made in 1808. i. Egyptian. Presented by Mr. Davenport. Note.—Specimen k is an unusually good one, containing 9*66 per cent, of morphia. It is wrapped in radiate-veined leaves, supposed to be those of the oriental plane-tree. As now met with, it is generally wrapped in poppy leaves. Egyptian opium is known by its reddish colour, musty odom-, and remaining soft when kept, but it varies much in consistence and pm-ity. See P. J. [2], vol. iv., p. 199. j. Constantinople Opium. 7c. Ditto. Note.—Specimen k belongs to the small or lenticular variety, which is not now known in commerce as a distinct kind. It belonged to Dr. Pereii-a's collection. The larger variety, which has rumex fruits on it, and differs only from Smyrna opium in being more mucUaginous, containing less morphia, and occurring more fi-equently in flattened cakes, is the variety which chiefly occm-s in English commerce. Roxjle,Mat. Med., p. 303; Hist, des Drog., vol. iii., p. 710. Z. Persian stick opium, or Trebizonde opinm. P. J. [2], vol. ii., p. 270. m. Persian opium, in conical masses, weighing about half a pound each. n. Ditto ditto wrapped in paper. ATote.—Specimen m is remarkable for the quantity of oil it contains, which gives it an odour resembling that of linseed oil. It is without poppy leaves or rumex capsules, and is generaUy packed in a kind of