A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . eVerona orris root, which is somewhatyellowish. Finger orris root consists of picked,slender, nearly straight pieces, smoothlytrimmed, and usually whitened withchalk, magnesia, or starch. It is intendedfor the use of teething infants only. Tests- — Orris root is frequentlyfound to be worm-eaten. Only soundpieces of good odor and light color shouldbe used. Constituents.— Volatile oil (Oleumiridis) a very small quantity. Also anacrid resin, besides starch, mucilage, Uses.—Florentine orrisroot is seldom employed internally. Itis said t
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . eVerona orris root, which is somewhatyellowish. Finger orris root consists of picked,slender, nearly straight pieces, smoothlytrimmed, and usually whitened withchalk, magnesia, or starch. It is intendedfor the use of teething infants only. Tests- — Orris root is frequentlyfound to be worm-eaten. Only soundpieces of good odor and light color shouldbe used. Constituents.— Volatile oil (Oleumiridis) a very small quantity. Also anacrid resin, besides starch, mucilage, Uses.—Florentine orrisroot is seldom employed internally. Itis said to be alterative, cathartic, and diuretic. It is mostly employedas an ingredient of tooth-powders, or in the form of tincture as an in-gredient of perfumes and flavoring extracts. IRIDIS FLORENTINE of Florentine five hundred grams (17f ounces) coarsely powdered orrisroot with diluted alcohol to obtain one thousand cubic centimeters oftincture. Used in the preparation of perfumery, flavoring extracts, Fig. -Florentine Orris, naturalsize. IRIDIS of Orris [Root]. Distilled from Florentine orris root. Pale yellowish, solid at ordi-nary temperatures. Has a fine violet odor. Consists of myristic acid, mixed with a small proportion of volatile oil. Liquid oil of orris is very inferior, consisting partly of oil ofcedar-wood. Both kinds are used in perfumery only. UNITED STATES PHARMACOPOEIA. 617 Iris [Versicolor] ; U. S. Iris [Versicolor].Iridis Versicolors Hhizoma, Iris Versicolor—Blue Flag. Origin.—Iris versicolor, Linne (Iridacece). Habitat.—North America. Part used.—The rhizome. Description.—See the Pharmacopoeia, page the dry drug the rootlets are usually entirely absent. Constituents.—Acrid resin, tannin, and other sub-stances. No analysis. It has been hinted that it maycontain an alkaloid. Nomenclature.—Florentine orris has long beenknown as Radix Iridis ; the rhizome of iris versicolor,on the cont
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