. American journal of pharmacy. 04°-2o6°. It is identical with myricetin, the coloringmatter of Rhus coriaria. The leaves of Ailatithus glandulosa contain quer-cetin and per cent, of tannin. This is a mixture of ellagitannin and gallo-tannin, and a worthless tanning agent. The leaves of Ficus carica contain acoloring principle resembling quercetin. The tannin is small in amount, beingI 6 per cent. Am. Jour. Phartn.\March. 1869. I Notes a)id Neivs. XI AcoNiTUM , NuTT., kuowu also as iron hat, storm hat,blue weed, wolfsbane, friars cap, and monkshood, is found inmoist open woods
. American journal of pharmacy. 04°-2o6°. It is identical with myricetin, the coloringmatter of Rhus coriaria. The leaves of Ailatithus glandulosa contain quer-cetin and per cent, of tannin. This is a mixture of ellagitannin and gallo-tannin, and a worthless tanning agent. The leaves of Ficus carica contain acoloring principle resembling quercetin. The tannin is small in amount, beingI 6 per cent. Am. Jour. Phartn.\March. 1869. I Notes a)id Neivs. XI AcoNiTUM , NuTT., kuowu also as iron hat, storm hat,blue weed, wolfsbane, friars cap, and monkshood, is found inmoist open woods and alongside of brooks in the mountains from Washingtonand Oregon southward to Lake County, Cal., and the southern Sierra Nevadas(occurring sparingly- in Arizona), and eastward in the mountains to Montana,Wyoming, Colorado and as far south as South Dakota. Four other species ofaconitum are native to the United States, and a fifth, the common monkshoodof Europe {A. napellus), is a common garden plant. The western species { columbianum, Nutt.) of our American plants is of most interest to us iu theUnited States, as it is the most abundant and most widely distributed. Theillustration is taken from Bulletin No. 20, U. S. Department of Agriculture,Division of Botany, with the permission of Professor Coville. Ai,KAi,oiDS OF Curare.—R. Boehm. {Arch. d. Pharm., 1897, No. 9) hasinvestigated the Tubo-Curare (Paracurare) of Brazil and Peru. The principalalkaloid is Curine, which has the formula C,sHi,jNO., forms white crystals with xii. Notes ami Ncivs. {^ M. P. i6i^, aud is with difficulty soluble in absolute alcohol, methyl alcoholand benzol, while soluble in dilute alcohol and chloroform, and almost insolublein water. Another alkaloid Tulocurarin, which is obtained from the mercurycompound of curine by means of carbon disulphid is an amorphous, reddish-yellow mass of great toxic properties, ooi gramme, killing a dog weighing ikilogramme. The iodine compound has the for
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