A text-book of organic materia medica : comprising a description of the vegetable and animal drugs of the British pharmacopoeia with other non-official medicines . fruits are from about one-fifth to two-fifths of an inch in length. They are oblongor ovoid-oblong inform, {fig. 28, a),more or less curvedor arched, smooth,greenish - brown orbrown, and crownedby an evident stylo-pod and two have an aro-matic odour, and amore or less sweet aromatic taste. The entire fruit is com-monly seen in commerce, but it is readily separable into itstwo mericarps {fig. 28, /-, c), each of which has
A text-book of organic materia medica : comprising a description of the vegetable and animal drugs of the British pharmacopoeia with other non-official medicines . fruits are from about one-fifth to two-fifths of an inch in length. They are oblongor ovoid-oblong inform, {fig. 28, a),more or less curvedor arched, smooth,greenish - brown orbrown, and crownedby an evident stylo-pod and two have an aro-matic odour, and amore or less sweet aromatic taste. The entire fruit is com-monly seen in commerce, but it is readily separable into itstwo mericarps {fig. 28, /-, c), each of which has five prominentridges {fig. 28, b), of which the lateral are the broadest,and four vittse in the spaces between the ridges, and com-monly two on the face {fig. 28, d). The Roman or SweetFennel is distinguished by its greater length, its more oblongform, and sweeter taste. Principal Constituents. — Fennel fruits contain sugar,fixed oil, and a volatile oil which is the essential is contained in a proportion varying from 3 to 4 per is composed of a hydrocarbon isomeric with oil ofturpentine, and of the oxygenated oil, termed anethol or. Fig. 28.—Fceniculi Fructus, FemirlFrtcit. a. Entirefruit. /. Mericarp (dorsal surface), c. Mericarp(face or commissural surface). d. Transversesection of a mericarp. (All enlarged.) 174 AnetJd Frnctus. ycaiycijiora-. anise-camphor, which has been already mentioned as theprincipal constituent of oil of anise (page 23). It is moreor less dextrogyre, according to the variety of fennel fromwhence obtained. Oil of sweet fennel is most valued. Ithas a decided sweet taste. Medicinal Properties. — Like caraway, anise, and dillfruits, fennel fruits possess aromatic, carminative, andstimulant properties. Official Preparatio7is. Aqua Foeniculi. | Pulvis Glycyrrhizae Compositus. 5. PEUCEDANUM GRAVEOLENS, Syno7iym.—Anethum graveolens, Linti.(Bentley and Trimens Medicinal Plants, vol. ii. plate 132.) Habitat.—It is a n
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