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

Date:
1878
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Credit: Catalogue of the collections / compiled by E.M. Holmes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2G7. CicuTA vmosA, L. {Water Eemlock, Cowhane.) a. Root. h. Fruit. For micr. section, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. xlii., fig. 100. Note.—The fruits are globular, and the leaflets lanceolate and sharply serrate, and the plant may thus be distmguished from hemlock and water dropwort. The root of Cicuta virosa is prajmorse, that of (Enanthe crocata has five or more tubercules. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 118, 119. 268. CoNiUM MACULATUM, L. (Eemloch.) a. Fruit. For micr. sect., see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. xlii., fig. 104. h. Leaves. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 118. c. Stem, leaves, flowers, and fruit. d. Root, preserved wet. Presented by Mr. Squire. Note.—There is an exotic plant, Charophyllum cicutarium, which closely resembles Conium, in having a smooth spotted stem and similar leaves ; but it has not the odour of Conium, and the fruit is cylindrical, and longer than that of hemlock. Conium fruits resemble in size and shape those of Kussian anise ; but the latter usually have the stalks attached, and are covered with minute haii-s. Conium fi'uits have no vittse. Bough Chervil (Chaerophyllum temuliun, Linn.) has a rough spotted stem, with swollen joints. See Jilthusa Cynapium and CEnanthe crocata. Pharmacographia, p. 266; P. J. [1], vol. v., p. 40 ; [2], vol. ix., pp. 53, 471; [2], vol. viii., pp. 413,452, 572, 601, 710; [3], vol. i., pp. 348, 584, 848. For Conia and Conhydrine, P. J. [1], vol. xvii., p. 214. For the extract, P. J. [1], vol. x., p. 267. 269. CoRiANDRUM SATIVUM, L. (Gol, CoUander, Coriander.) a. Fruit. h. Volatile oil. j^ote.—The fruits yield a half per cent, of volatile oil. The fresh plant has an odour like that of bugs. P. J. [1], vol. xii., p. 396 ; Pharmaco- graphia, p. 293. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 133. 270. CuMiNUM Ctminum, L. a. Fruit. (Gummin Seed.) Bentl. d Tr., Med. Plants, t&h.l34:. Note. Cummin fruits somewhat resemble in size and shape those of fennel, but usually have the ridges finer, more numerous, and covered with minute bristles. Cummin fruits yield about one half per cent, of volatile oil. Pharmacographia, p. 295. For fig. see Hist, des Drog., vol. iii., p. 227. For micr. section, Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. xUi., fig. 107. 271. Caucus Carota, L. a. Fruit. (Carrot Seed.) Note.—For micr. section of fruit see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. xliii., fig. 111. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 136. 272. DoREMA Ammoniacum, Von. a. Flowering stem, with the gum resin and a few seeds attached. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 129,130. Note.—This interestmg specimen was brought from near Ghorian in Persia,*by Sir J. MacNeill, in 1839, and presented to Dr. Lindley, from whom'Dr. Pereira received it. A letter concerning the specimen is enclosed in the jar with it. P. J. [1], vol. i., p. 578.