General therapeutics and materia medica (volume 1): adapted for a medical text book . e roots are dugup in the hot season inMarch; the tubers onlybeing generally removed,without injuring the pri-mary root.^ These are cutinto slices and dried oncords in the shade. Co-lumbo is imported largelyinto England, but the quan-tity seems to fluctuate great-ly in different years. Thus,in 1838, according to , duty was paid on19,805 lbs; and in 1839,on only 9,384 lbs. Columbo or Colombaroot, as met with in theshops, is in flat, circularor oval pieces, from half aninch to three inches in di-L-M~ /
General therapeutics and materia medica (volume 1): adapted for a medical text book . e roots are dugup in the hot season inMarch; the tubers onlybeing generally removed,without injuring the pri-mary root.^ These are cutinto slices and dried oncords in the shade. Co-lumbo is imported largelyinto England, but the quan-tity seems to fluctuate great-ly in different years. Thus,in 1838, according to , duty was paid on19,805 lbs; and in 1839,on only 9,384 lbs. Columbo or Colombaroot, as met with in theshops, is in flat, circularor oval pieces, from half aninch to three inches in di-L-M~ / # ) ameter, and from one to Coccuius paimatua. three or four lines thick. a Male flowers, b Calyx, c Stamen, d Petal, e Bract. The epidermis is of a yel- lowish gray or brownish colour ; smooth or irregularly wrinkled. Theflat surfaces are of a greenish or grayish yellow colour, depressed in thecentre from shrinking during drying, and are frequently marked withconcentric circles and lines radiating from the centre. It readily imparts its principles to alcohol and water. The tonic. GENT I AN A. 35
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