. General therapeutics and materia medica: adapted for a medical textbook (Volume 2). s of Colchicum autumnale, Meadow Saffron;Sex. Syst. Hexandria Trigynia; Nat. Ord. Colchicacese,—Melantha-ceae, (Lindley,) are officinal in thePharmacopoeia of the United plant inhabits moist, rich mea-dows, in many parts of England andin various parts of Europe, and is anautumnal ornament of the gardens,—the flowers appearing in September,and the fruit in the following springor summer. Various attempts havebeen made to introduce its cultureinto this country, with no great suc-cess, although small q
. General therapeutics and materia medica: adapted for a medical textbook (Volume 2). s of Colchicum autumnale, Meadow Saffron;Sex. Syst. Hexandria Trigynia; Nat. Ord. Colchicacese,—Melantha-ceae, (Lindley,) are officinal in thePharmacopoeia of the United plant inhabits moist, rich mea-dows, in many parts of England andin various parts of Europe, and is anautumnal ornament of the gardens,—the flowers appearing in September,and the fruit in the following springor summer. Various attempts havebeen made to introduce its cultureinto this country, with no great suc-cess, although small quantities of thebulb raised here, apparently of goodquality, are said to have been broughtto market. (Wood & Bache.) The bulb is considered to be mostactive in June or July; at which timeit is fully developed, and has notbeen exhausted by the production ofthe flower. The seeds must be ga-thered when ripe. The fresh cormusor root is about the size of a chestnut,and resembles in shape and size thatof the tulip; but differs from it in thelatter being in scales; whilst that of. Colchicum autumnale. 1. Closed Capsule. 2. Open do. 3. Section of Capsules. 5. Seed. 200 SPECIAL SEDATIVES. colchicum is solid. It is convex on one side, and flattened on theother, where the germ of a new cormus is perceptible, which, if it beallowed to grow, shoots into a stem, and bears the flower; the oldcormus, in the mean time, wastes away and becomes inert. This germ,in the opinion of Dr. J. R. Coxe, distinguishes the cormus of colchicumfrom all others; but it is affirmed that it is not always present. Inter-nally, the cormus is white and fleshy; contains a milky juice; and hasan acrid, bitter taste. To dry the root, it has been recommended, that the dry coats shouldbe removed; that it should be cut transversely in thin slices, and bequickly dried in a dark airy place, at a temperature not exceeding150° or 170°. These slices—if the drug be in good preservation—arefirm; dry; of a gra
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