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( i6 ) Tiie dofe of Scammony is generally from tliree to twelve grains. •It is commonly triturated with fugar, almonds, &c. or with a decoc- tion of liquorice, as recommended by the college of Wirtemberg, In the London PharmacopcKia it is ordered in the following com- pounds : — Pulvis e fcammonio compofitus. Pulvis e fcammonio compofitus cum aloe. Pulvis e fcammonio cum calomelane. Pulvis e fenna compofitus. Extra6tum colocynthidis compofitum. And in the Pilulse ex colocynthide cum aloe of the Edinburgh Pharm. ACONITUM NAPELLUS. COMMON WOLFVBANE, or monk’s hood. 8 TN 0 NTMA. Aco'ti it 5 u, P bar 7 n. Lo?id. Edhi. Stoerck tab. 3* Aconitum cseruleum feu Napellus, /»///. 183. Aconitum caule fimplici, fpica denfa, petiolis unifloris, caffide breviter mucronata, Hal. Stirp. Helv. No. 1197, autem,^o. 1198. Aconitum verus caeruleus, Gerard. Aconitum, Spec, i, Katu Napellus, Mattb. Camera?'. Dodon. £sfr. Clafs Polyandria. Order Trigynia. .L. Ge?t, Plant. 682. EJf. Gen. Cbar Cal. o. Pet ala 5 : fupremo fornicato. Ne&arla 2, pedunculata, recurva. SiliqueCy 3 5- Sp. Cb. A. foliorum laciniis linearibus fuperne latioribus linea exaratis. THE root is perennial, turnip-lhaped, or more commonly fufiform ; the ftalk is fimple, eredt, ftrong, befet with many leaves, and grows from two to five feet high ; the leaves are lobed, deeply laciniated,