American journal of pharmacy . .matic—Dr. J. Moeller in Ph. Centralhalle, No. 29. Am. Jour. , 1882. Gleanings in Materia Medica. 461 Micromeria Douglasii, Benth.^ known as yerha buena, a lal)iateplant of Northern California and Columbia^ has been recommended asan anthelmintic, emmenagogue and febrifuge. The drug is describedby Dr. J. Moeller as consisting of quadrangular hairy stems. Theleaves are opposite, ovate, short-petiolate, obtnse, coarsely crenate, \viththe nerve branches running to the margin, and with sparse tertiarybranches; the upper side almost smooth, the lower surface
American journal of pharmacy . .matic—Dr. J. Moeller in Ph. Centralhalle, No. 29. Am. Jour. , 1882. Gleanings in Materia Medica. 461 Micromeria Douglasii, Benth.^ known as yerha buena, a lal)iateplant of Northern California and Columbia^ has been recommended asan anthelmintic, emmenagogue and febrifuge. The drug is describedby Dr. J. Moeller as consisting of quadrangular hairy stems. Theleaves are opposite, ovate, short-petiolate, obtnse, coarsely crenate, \viththe 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. inch) long and 3 cm. inch) broad; the upper leaves smallerand more acute. The axillary pedicels are thin, about 7 mm. long;.the calyx, mostly detached, is elliptic, 4 mm. long, 5 mm. broad, five-toothed, many-ribbed, hairy, internally naked, and contains at its base4 nutlets. The drug has a slight aromatic odor, and an aromatic,,somewhat bitter Micromeria Douglasii. a, leaf and calyx, natural size, b, simple baiivmagnified 300 diam. c, cuticle, and d, gland, magnified 300 diam. The cuticle on both surfaces of the leaves is firm. The hairs arefirm, conical, mostly two-celled, and rest, witli a broad base, upon thesomewhat prominent parent cell. The glands are contaiued in concavedepressions, are depressed, have a. simple stipe cell, and ccmtain a yel-low secretion.—Fhar. Centralhalle, 1882, No. 29. Eugenia Cheken, Molina.—From Dr. J. Moellers descri])tion ofcheken leaves we take the following, supplementing that given ou[)age 351 of this journal. The leaves are stiff*, but not fragile, deli- \
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