Kino. Vide Piterocarpus

1 The quantity annually imported into the United Kingdom is about 800 tons.

2 The flavour and diuretic properties of Hollands depend on this oil. English gin is flavoured by oil of turpentine.

Lichen

Cl. 24. Ord. 5. Cryptogamia Algae. Nat. ord. Lichenaceae. Generic Char. Male. Scattered warts. -------------------Female. Smooth shields or tubercles, in which the seeds are embedded. Species 1. C. Islandica l, Iceland or Eringo-leaved Liverwort.

Eng. Bot. 1330. Flor. Danica, 155. Regnault, Observations on Pulmonary Consumption. Woodvilles Med. Bot. 3d edit.

p. 803. t. 271. Species 2. C. Bocetla. Dyer's Lichen, or Orchall. Eng. Bot. 211.

Manna

Vide Ornus Europoea.

Mezerei Cortex

Mezereon-bark. Vide Daphne.

Myristica

Spec. Plant. Willd. iv. 869. Cl. 22. Ord. 13. Dioecia Monadelphia. Nat. ord. Myristaeeae. G. 1851. Male. Calyx bell-shaped, trifid. Corolla none. Filament columnar. Anthers six or ten united.

------------Female. Calyx bell shaped, trifid, deciduous. Corolla none. Style none. Stigma two. Drupe, a nut involved in an arillus (Mace), with one seed.1

Species 1. M. moschata. The Nutmeg-tree. Med. Bot. 2d edit. 698. t. 238. Rumphius, Herb. Amboin. ii. lib. 11. c. 5. t. 4.

Officinal. Myristica - Myristica oleum, Lond. Myristicae

Myrrha

Vide Balsamodendron.

Mux Vomica

Vide Strychnos.

Opium

See Papaver.

Ossa

Bones. Edin. Dub

Syn. Des Os (F.), Knocken (G.), Ossi (I.), Huesos (S.).

The bones of animals are composed of earthy salts, gelatine, albumen, and oil. According to the analysis of Fourcroy and Vauquelin, the components of ox bones are, in 100 parts, 51 of animal matter, 37.7 of phosphate of lime, 10 of carbonate of lime, and 1.3 of phosphate of magnesia. Besides these, M. Hatchett detected sulphate of lime, and Berzelius some fluate of lime, in bones.

Ovum

See Phasianus.

Petroleum

Vide Bitumen.

Pimentae Bac'cAe

Vide Myrtus.

1. Plnus Sylvestris

Officinal. a. Terebinthina vulgaris, Lond.Edin. Dub.

Pix Abietina

Vide Pinus Abies.

Pix Liquida

Vide Pinus syhestris.

Pix Nigra

Vide Pinus syhestris.

Porri Radix

Vide Allium Porrum.

Pulegium

Vide Mentha Pulegium.

Quina

Vide Cinchona.

Sabadilla

Vide Helonias officinalis.1 SABINAe FOLIA. Vide Juniperus.

Sambucus

Spec. Plant. Willd. i. 1494.

Cl. 5. Ord. 3. Pentandria Trigynia. Nat. ord. Caprifoliaceae.

G. 569. Calyx five-parted. Corolla five-cleft. Berry three-seeded.

Species 3. S. nigra.3 Common Elder. Med. Sot. 3d edit. 596. Smith, Flora Brit. 336. Eng. Bot. 476.

Officinal. Sambuci flores et oleum, Lond. Sambuci nigrae

Flores; Baccae Cortex

Edin. SAMBUCUS; CORTEX INTERIOR,

Sarsaparillae Radix

Vide Smilax. SASSAFRAS LIGNUM et RADIX. Vide Laurus. SCAMMONIAe GUMMI RESINA. Vide Convolvulus.

Senegae Radix

Vide Polygala.

Sennae Folia

Vide Cassia,

Serpentariae Radix

Vide Aristolochia.

Sevum

Vide Ovis.

Tussilago

Spec. Plant. Willd. 1962.

Cl. 19, Ord. 2. Syngenesia Superflua. Nat. ord. Compositae.

G. 1483. Receptacle naked. Pappus simple. Calyx scales equal, as long as the disc, submembranaceous. Corolla female. Florets ligulate, toothless.

Species 12. T. Farfara.1 Common Coltsfoot. Med. Pot. 3d edit. 45. t.18. Smith, Flora Brit. 878. Eng. Pot. t. 429.

Officinal. Tussilago, Pond. Tussilaginis farfarae folia