UPRIGHT MEADOW CROWFOOT. 1331
di s ^ lat ' c ’ its taste warm and pungent. The characters by which it'isP- l 9 ?Q US ^ ec ^ i' rom Canella bark have been already pointed out (seeq k- Its infusion is darkened by the salts of iron.df, opposition.—W inter’s bark has been analyzed by M. Henry ( Journ.oil c a , rni \ t- v. p. 489), who found its constituents to be resin, volatileHie/,,/. ° Ur ^ n ff matter, tannin, acetate of potash, chloride of potassium,a e of potash, oxalate of lime, and oxide of iron.
v fry °d (Oleum corticis Winteri). —Pale-yellow, lighter than water, with a
abu n( | a an " acrid taste. By standing it is separated into two parts: one (the mostHit e .'y 1 ! 1 ) 8 greenish-yellow liquid ; the other heavier (but lighter than water),2. a fatty consistence.
acrid ~ Reddish-brown, and almost odourless. Its taste is at first feeble ; then
p persistent.
tt & ^ SIOLo GiCAL Effects and Uses.—S timulant, aromatic, and tonic.Plovp? 8 * ^"dlar to those of cinnamon and canella alba. Winter em-R in scurvy. It is seldom employed. ” ". "
Dose, 3ss. or 3j.
Other Medicinal Magnoliaceee.
, KStltCI j.r* _
^uit c ^ n .- a,l ^ sa ^ wm > s an evergreen tree, growing in Japan and Cochin-China . Its1 ' u 'itb er f Uutes 9 )e star-anise (anisum stellatum) of the shops. It consists of a variable® a cb l«»ally six to twelve) of bard woody follicles, disposed in a star-like form,
frdsum) an oval reddish seed. It has the odour of common anise (Pimpinella
at " ' *- -i.i- -' . ;i .. e(/tr.finisfi loleum
t somewhat sweeter.
eed. it nas me uuuui oi iuu,....... ..
T^ani) uu . t . some "hat sweeter. By distillation it yields the oil of star anise ( oleum^nise ( See " llc h closely resembles, and is ofteu substituted for, the oil of commona,| d Car I 1 ' 1036) ; but it congeals less readily than the latter. Star-anise is aromaticfe Sard s Ina fi v e. Both the fruit and the oil arc employed by liqueur-makers. As18 effects it might be substituted for common anise.
|J, 'R 81. Ran u n cu la' c ea:, Decandolle. —The Crow-Foot Tribe.
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' ,n Wm S aARACTE R— Sepals, three to six, hypogynous, deciduous, generallyI’ypoop 6 1,1 /estivation, occasionally valvate or duplicate. Petals three to fifteen,'n(| e C-." 0l . ls i in one or more rows, distinct, sometimes deformed. Stamens definite or*° r us e 111 number, hypogynous ; anthers adnate. Carpels numerous, seated on aor united into a single ntany-celled pistil; ovary one or mores ‘hipl e ’ p ovules adhering to the inner edge; style one to each ovary, short,Or fol)]’ , ru ^ e uher consisting of dry akenia, or baccate with one or more seeds,(| r p I" ar with one or more valves. Seeds albuminous ; w hen solitary, either erectk e(it, es | llls i embryo minute; albumen corneous.— Herbs, or very rarely shrubs.lernate or opposite, generally much divided, w ith the petiole dilated andp '1t)y s j^ a sheath half clasping the stem. Stipules occasionally present. Hairs, ifInflorescence variable ( Lindley ).
Co, tstde , s fi~Hostly poisonous. Acridity is the prevailing quality, conjoined, " -are toni i i llum her of instances, with a narcotic quality. Several of the sI lc <u benumbers.
in aspecies
Ranun!cuius a'cris, Linn. D.— Upright Meadow Crowfoot.
Sex . St/st. Polyandria, Polygyiiia.
(Folia, Z>.)
(*oua, x/,;
lh C k. ANY - Gen. Char. — Calyx oi five sepals ; sepals not separate att(j as “* 1 . i e - 1 .. r>oetnriferous scales at
^NAR .— l^aiVX OI live »cpaio , — ---- . , ,
l(i ' as *, deciduous. Petals five, rarely ten, with ncctanferous scales ativh Stamens and ovaries numerous. Caryopsides \ ■> i„ v(rpr
fipm ^'""pressed, terminating in a short mucro or horn, scare y hCyR ] le seed, smooth, striated or tuberculated, arranged in a g5 lUtlr ical head (D. C.)