Scientific and applied pharmacognosy intended for the use of students in pharmacy, as a hand book for pharmacists, and as a reference book for food and drug analysts and pharmacologists . cur greenishor prismatic crystals of an organic substance. Globular bodies,resembling silica, have been found in the medullary ray cells of thepetioles of Lardizabala. In the chloroplasts of the palisade tissuesof Berberis vulgaris occur acicular or sphenoidal crystalloids. Thenon-glandular hairs are usually unicellular, in some instances they PODOPHYLLUM 231 consist of a chain of cells, the terminal one of w
Scientific and applied pharmacognosy intended for the use of students in pharmacy, as a hand book for pharmacists, and as a reference book for food and drug analysts and pharmacologists . cur greenishor prismatic crystals of an organic substance. Globular bodies,resembling silica, have been found in the medullary ray cells of thepetioles of Lardizabala. In the chloroplasts of the palisade tissuesof Berberis vulgaris occur acicular or sphenoidal crystalloids. Thenon-glandular hairs are usually unicellular, in some instances they PODOPHYLLUM 231 consist of a chain of cells, the terminal one of which is filled with ayellowish or brownish amorphous substance. Podophyllum.—May Apple.—The rhizome of Podophyllumpeltatum (Fam. BerberidaceaB), a perennial herb (Fig. 102) indigenousto eastern North America. The rhizome is colhcted late in summerand dried, after the removal of the rootlets. Russell obtained thegreatest percentage of resin in the early spring-collected drug. Scottand Petry found the resin to vary in plants grown in different soilsand different seasons of the year. Most of the commercial suppliescome from the Central States. Both the leaves and the fruit appar-. Fig. 102.—Top of fertile shoot of May apple (Podophyllum peltatum) havingtwo large peltate, palmately-lobed leaves, in the axil of which arises thefleshy fruit, shown in longitudinal section and containing numerous truncate,ovoid seeds. ently contain a purgative resin similar to that found in the berry, which is known as May, Indian, hog or devils apple,wild or ground lemon, and raccoon-berry, is generally considered tobe edible, but several cases of poisoning from eating it have beenrecorded. Description.—Horizontal, nearly cylindrical, flattened, some-times branched, jointed, in pieces 3 to 8 cm. in length, internodes4 to 10 cm. in length, 5 to 9 mm. in diameter, nodes 7 to 18 mm. indiameter and 5 to 12 mm. in thickness; externally dark brown, 232 SCIENTIFIC AND APPLIED PHARMACOGNOS
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