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 . Fig. 311.—A, Cantharis vesicatoria. B, Mylabris Cichorii. vitta.—After Snyder. C, Cantharis thorax angulate, 4-sided; body covered with fine scattered hairsand having 6 long, hairy, black legs, the first and second pair having5 tarsal joints, the hind pair being 4 parted and having 2 claws atthe summit; elytra or wing sheaths elongated, nearly equal, almostcompletely covering the wings, upper portion finely 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 . Fig. 311.—A, Cantharis vesicatoria. B, Mylabris Cichorii. vitta.—After Snyder. C, Cantharis thorax angulate, 4-sided; body covered with fine scattered hairsand having 6 long, hairy, black legs, the first and second pair having5 tarsal joints, the hind pair being 4 parted and having 2 claws atthe summit; elytra or wing sheaths elongated, nearly equal, almostcompletely covering the wings, upper portion finely wrinkled, havinga brilliant green metallic lustre and possessing 2 parallel fines;under surface brown; wings 2, membranous, transparent, light brownand longer and broader than the wing cases; odor distinct; pene-trating and disagreeable; taste at first slight, afterwards pungentand very acrid. Powder.—(Fig. 313). Grayish-brown, with shining green par-ticles and a number of long, pointed, 1-celled hairs about mm. inlength and mm. in width at the base. CANTHARIDES 707 Constituents.—The vesicating principle, cantharidin, is thelactome or anhydride of cantharidinic ac


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