. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2) . MAGNOLIA GLAUCA. 743 OTHER MEDICINAL. MAGNOLIACE^ anisatum is an evergreen tree, growing in Japan and Cochin China. Its fruit consti-tutes the slar-umse, (anisum stellatum) of the shops. It consists of a variable number (usuallysix to tweivej of hard woody follicles, disposed in a star-like form, each containing an oval reddishseed. It baa the odour of common anise (Pimpinella Anisum), but somewhat sweeter. By dis-tillation it yields the oil of star anise (oleum badiani), which closely resembles, and is often sub-stitu
. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2) . MAGNOLIA GLAUCA. 743 OTHER MEDICINAL. MAGNOLIACE^ anisatum is an evergreen tree, growing in Japan and Cochin China. Its fruit consti-tutes the slar-umse, (anisum stellatum) of the shops. It consists of a variable number (usuallysix to tweivej of hard woody follicles, disposed in a star-like form, each containing an oval reddishseed. It baa the odour of common anise (Pimpinella Anisum), but somewhat sweeter. By dis-tillation it yields the oil of star anise (oleum badiani), which closely resembles, and is often sub-stituted lor, the oil of common anise (sec p. 477); but it congeals less readily than the is aromatic and carminative. Both the fruit and the oil are employed by hqueur-niakers. As regards its effects it might be substituted for common anise. [MAGNOLIA GLAUCA, , U. S. Sec. List. This is usually a small tree, the height of which varies from 10 to 30 feet,branching, with a smooth, glaucous, whitish bark. The leaves are from threeto five inches long, and an inch and a half to two inches
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