. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2) . Cruz).This is occasionally imported from Vera Cruz, but is sel-Magnified, view of a ^om met wtn n tne drug market. The roots are unfold-section of Honduras ed (sarsaparilla longa) and have the chump attached. TheySarsaparilla. are thin, tough, of a light grayish-brown colour, and devoid This and the preceding Qf starch in the cortex. Mr. Pope terms this variety lean, woodcut are from draw- , . r^ l^1^ mia »allt^ l ingemadebyMr. Letbeby. dark, and fibrous. The roots or runners give off very (ew^eVrt^thMerffig8 roo,lets- It yields a
. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2) . Cruz).This is occasionally imported from Vera Cruz, but is sel-Magnified, view of a ^om met wtn n tne drug market. The roots are unfold-section of Honduras ed (sarsaparilla longa) and have the chump attached. TheySarsaparilla. are thin, tough, of a light grayish-brown colour, and devoid This and the preceding Qf starch in the cortex. Mr. Pope terms this variety lean, woodcut are from draw- , . r^ l^1^ mia »allt^ l ingemadebyMr. Letbeby. dark, and fibrous. The roots or runners give off very (ew^eVrt^thMerffig8 roo,lets- It yields a deep-coloured decoction, which is un-144. changed by a solution of iodine. The hexagonal cellular it r,J ... tissue(c) abounds in starch. ver^ <^ruz sarsaparilla is the produce of Smilaz have received from Professor Guibourt the following kinds of sarsaparilla:— 1. Caraccas Sarsaparilla, Guib. (Hist, des Drog. t. ii. p. 577.) Of this there are two kinds,both of which have portions of the rhizome and aerial stem attached to them. One kind (la. SARSAPARILLA. 135 premiere sorte) () occasionally presents spines on die aerial slem. The other (la secondesnrte) () comes from Macaraibo (Maracaibo ?). Professor Guibourt tells me be found,about three years ago, a bale of this second kind, one half of which was made up of the rootabove referred to, which he calls Salsepareille-Squine de Macaraibo, and which he thinks oughtrather to be regarded as a China root (Squine, Fr.) than a sarsaparilla. Caraccae sarsaparilla has considerable resemblance to the Lima sarsaparilla of English com-merce. 2. Peruvian Sarsaparilla, Guib. (MS.) The tuberosities possess a yellow colouring princi-ple, and the stems are rather spongy than ligneous. This kind also appears to me to be closelyallied to, if not identical with, Lima sarsaparilla. 3. Brazilian, called Portugal, Sarsaparilla, Guib. (Hist, des Drog. t. i. p. 578.) Accompany-ing this in ;i portion of the stem of some mono
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