A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . don. Lycoperdon. TucJcahoe, Indian Bread, Puff Ball. Origin.—Lycoperdon solidum, Gronovius (Fungf).Habitat.—The southern portions of the United —Large, irregularly shaped, but ordinarily more orless globular bodies of from a few ounces to several pounds in weight. UNITED STATES PHAKMACOPCEIA. 665 Externally grayish-black, rough, wrinkled ; interiorly whitish, mealy,spongy, tough, fissured. Odor faint ; taste insipid. Constituents.—Pectose, cellulose, etc. Medicinal Properties and Uses.—Said to be narcotic, but is,nevertheless,
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . don. Lycoperdon. TucJcahoe, Indian Bread, Puff Ball. Origin.—Lycoperdon solidum, Gronovius (Fungf).Habitat.—The southern portions of the United —Large, irregularly shaped, but ordinarily more orless globular bodies of from a few ounces to several pounds in weight. UNITED STATES PHAKMACOPCEIA. 665 Externally grayish-black, rough, wrinkled ; interiorly whitish, mealy,spongy, tough, fissured. Odor faint ; taste insipid. Constituents.—Pectose, cellulose, etc. Medicinal Properties and Uses.—Said to be narcotic, but is,nevertheless, also stated to be, or to have been, used as food. The pow-dered fungus has been used as a haemostatic. Lycopodium; TJ. S. Lycopodium. Lycopodii Sporidia—Barlappsamen, Streupulver, Hexenmehl, G.; Ly-copode, F.; Gul JVicht, Sw. Origin.—Lycopodium clavatum, Linne ; and other species of Ly-copodium (Lycopodiaceoe). Habitat.—Russia, Germany, Switzerland, etc. Part used.—The sporules. Description.—See the Pharmacopoeia, page Fig. 364.—Lycopodium and Pinepollen, magnified. A very fine, mobile, pale yellow powder, inodorous and tasteless. Itfloats on water and is not wetted unless first boiled with it, or treatedwith alcohol or ether, or subjected to long-continued trituration. Aftersuch treatment it sinks in water at once. It is readily moistened by 666 A COMPANION TO THE oils, alcohol, benzol, chloroform, and ether. Under strong triturationthe granules cohere, assume a grayish tint, and afterward leave an oilystain on paper. It adheres to the fingers. Ignites and burns with asizzling noise when throwrn into a flame. Under the microscope theparticles have the appearance shown in the illustration. Must be free from pine pollen (the appearance of which is alsoshown in the illustrations), starch, sand, and other impurities. Nostrong odor should be developed when the lycopodium is burned. Sandis frequently found in lycopodium, and that impurity should condemnth
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