. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2) . .Mat. Med. from the Boston Journ. vol. x.) has used itin the form of tincture with opium, in fluxus hepa-ticus and diarrhoea. Mr. Johnston (Phil. Trans, for1839,) says, this resin contains more oxygen than anyother resinous substance hitherto analyzed. Its com-position is C10 Hao 012. A red resin, probably fromX. arborea, has been recently imported under the nameof black-boy gum. 9. The young shoots of Asparagus officinalisare well-known articles of food. They are diuretic,and communicate a peculiar odour to the (f
. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2) . .Mat. Med. from the Boston Journ. vol. x.) has used itin the form of tincture with opium, in fluxus hepa-ticus and diarrhoea. Mr. Johnston (Phil. Trans, for1839,) says, this resin contains more oxygen than anyother resinous substance hitherto analyzed. Its com-position is C10 Hao 012. A red resin, probably fromX. arborea, has been recently imported under the nameof black-boy gum. 9. The young shoots of Asparagus officinalisare well-known articles of food. They are diuretic,and communicate a peculiar odour to the (formerly called asparagin) is containedin this plant. Its composition is C8 H5 NO5 -+-NHa. 10. Drac^na Draco (fig. 143), a native of theCanary Islands and of the East Indies, yields a sub- Dracana called Dragons blood. One of these trees growing at Orotava has long been celebrated for its great size and age. Next to the Baobabtrees (Adansonia digitata), it is regarded as one of the oldest inhabitants of the earth. (Hum-boldt, Tabl. de la Nature.). Order XIII.—SMILACEiE, Lindl—THE SMILAX TRIBE. Essential Character.—Flowers hermaphrodite or dioecious. Calyx and corolla confounded,inferior six-parted. Stamens six, inserted into the perianth near the base; seldom hypogy-nous. Ovary three-celled, the cells one, or many-seeded : style usually trifid ; stigmas a roundish berry. Albumen between fleshy and cartilaginous; embryo usually distantfrom the hilum.—Herbaceous plants or under shrubs, with a tendency to climb. Stems reticulated. (Lindley.) Properties.—Those of Smilax are alone known, SARSAPARILLA. 131 SMlLAX, SPECTES OF SMILAX YIELDING SARSAPARILLA. Smilax officinalis, L.; and probably other species, E.; Smilax Sarsaparilla, D. Sex. Syst. Dioecia, Hexandria. (Radix dicta Sarza seu Sarsaparilla.) (Sarsaparilla, U. S.) History Sarsaparilla first appeared in Europe in 1530, and was employed as an antivenereal remedy. (Voi
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