General therapeutics and materia medica (volume 1): adapted for a medical text book . Tacca Particles of Tahiti Arrow-root. (Pereira.) 15. East Indian arrowroot is the fecula of the tubers of Curcumaangustifolia, Narrow-leaved turmeric ; Sex. Syst. Monandria Monogy-nia; Nat. Ord. Zingiberacese ; a plant, which is indigenous in the EastIndies. It is commonly white, sometimes pale yellow ; less crepitating Vol. II.—25 170. 386 SPECIAL DEMULCENTS. between the fingers than the best West India arrow-root ; more frequently mixed with impurities, andcomposed of larger granules, which ar
General therapeutics and materia medica (volume 1): adapted for a medical text book . Tacca Particles of Tahiti Arrow-root. (Pereira.) 15. East Indian arrowroot is the fecula of the tubers of Curcumaangustifolia, Narrow-leaved turmeric ; Sex. Syst. Monandria Monogy-nia; Nat. Ord. Zingiberacese ; a plant, which is indigenous in the EastIndies. It is commonly white, sometimes pale yellow ; less crepitating Vol. II.—25 170. 386 SPECIAL DEMULCENTS. between the fingers than the best West India arrow-root ; more frequently mixed with impurities, andcomposed of larger granules, which are unequal insize, egg-shaped, compressed, often with a veryshort neck or nipple-like projection. Its compo-sition is not ascertained. It does not make so firma jelly with boiling water as the West Indiavariety. Dr. Christison states, that a sample, sentpanicles of East India to him from Liverpool, and represented to haveArrowroot. (Pereira.) been obtaine(i from the West India plant culti-vated in Bengal, exactly resembled Bermuda arrowroot, and presentedthe very same appearance under the mic
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