American journal of pharmacy . Moeller in /-*//. Centr(dhalle, Xo. 29. Am. Jour. Pharm. Sept., 1882. Gleaniiif/s in MdUria JLdica. 461 Micromeria Doiiglam, Benth., knoAvii as iierha buend, a labiateplant of Xorthern California and Columbia, has been recommended asan anthelmintic, emmenagogue and febrifuge. The drug is describedby Dr. J. Moeller as consisting of (juadrangular hairy stems. Theleaves are opposite, ovate, short-petiolate, obtuse, coarsely crenate, withthe nerve branches running to the margin, and with sparse tertiarybranches; the upper side almost smooth, the lower surface densely
American journal of pharmacy . Moeller in /-*//. Centr(dhalle, Xo. 29. Am. Jour. Pharm. Sept., 1882. Gleaniiif/s in MdUria JLdica. 461 Micromeria Doiiglam, Benth., knoAvii as iierha buend, a labiateplant of Xorthern California and Columbia, has been recommended asan anthelmintic, emmenagogue and febrifuge. The drug is describedby Dr. J. Moeller as consisting of (juadrangular hairy stems. Theleaves are opposite, ovate, short-petiolate, obtuse, coarsely crenate, withthe nerve branches running to the margin, and with sparse tertiarybranches; the upper side almost smooth, the lower surface denselyfinely pnnctate, and on the nerves hairy; the largest leaves 4 cm.(1|^ inch) long and 3 cm. (li inch) broad; the npper leaves smallerand more acute. The axillary pedicels are thin, about 7 mm. long;the ctilyx, mostly detached, is elliptic, 4 mm. long, 5 mm. broad, five-toothed, many-ribbed, hairy, internally naked, and contains at its base4 mitlets. The drug has a slight aromatic odor, and an aromatic,,somewhat bitter Micromeria Doujrlasii. a, leaf and calyx, natural size. 6, simple hair,magnified 300 diam. c, cuticle, and rf, gland, magnified 300 diam. The cuticle on both surfaces of the leaves is firm. The hairs arefirm, conical, mostly two-celled, and rest, with a broad base, upon thesomewhat prominent parent cell. The glands are contained in concavedepressions, are depressed, have a simple stipe cell, and contain a yel-low secretion.—Phar. Cnitralhalle, 1882, No. 29. Eugenid Cheken, Molina.—From Dr. J. Moellcrs description ofcheken leaves we take the following, supplementing that given onpage 351 of this journal. The leaves arc stiff, but not fragile, deli-
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