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QUERCUS.
Digest for seven days, and strain.(Dubl.)
Tinctura Quassise excels«. (Edinb.)
R
one ounce.
Quassia Shavings,Proof Spirit,
two pounds and a half.Digest for seven days, and filter.
Amer. : and Coxe give the same propor-tions as Dubl. — Batav. ; and Belg. pre-scribe one part of wood and six parts ofalcohol (15 degrees). — Amst. — one of woodand six of alcohol (0.917).— Swediaur —two ounces of wood and two pounds and ahalf of alcohol (0.935).— Van Mons — onepart of wood and six parts of proof spirit.
— Hans. ; and Olden. — five ounces ofwood and two pounds of alcohol. — Dan. —one part of wood and five parts of alcohol.Sax. — one of wood and ten of alcohol.
one ounce,four ounces.
R. Quassia Shavings,Alcohol (20 degrees)
Digest for four days in a water-bath, andstrain ; pour upon the residue
Alcohol (20 degrees) , two ounces.
Strain at the end of two days. Mix thefiltered tinctures. (Ant.)
R. Quassia Shavings, two ounces.
Orange Peel, one ounce.
Lesser Cardamoms, half an ounce.
Proof Spirit, two pounds.
Macerate for four days, and strain.(Genev.)
QUERCUS.
Several species of this genus are men-tioned in pharmacopoeias :
1. Querem alba, Linn. — White Oak.
Synonimes :— Chêne blanc, Fr. ; WeisseEiche, Germ.
Ameb. ; Coxe.
A tree of the United States. {MonœciaPolyandria, Linn. ; Amentácea, Juss. ;Fig. Mich. Arb. Amer. II. t. 1)
The bark is employed ; it is astringent.
2. Querem tincioria, Mich. — Black Oak,
Quercitron Oak.
Synonimes ; — Chêne Quercitron, Fr. ;Quercitroneneiche, Germ.
Amer. ; Coxe ; Guibourt.
A tree of the United States. {Fig. Mich.Arb. Amer. II. t. 22)
The bark is employed j it is very astrin-gent.
3. Quercus Robur, Linn. — Oak.
Synonimes :— Chêne Rouvre, Fr. ; Eiche,Germ.; Dub, Bohem. ; Eeg, Dan.;Majup'hal, Hind.; and Sans.; Eik,Dut. ; Quercia, Ital. ; Kora debowa,Port. ; Ek, Shed.
Lond. ; Dubl. ; Edinb. ; Amst. ; Ant.Austr. ; Batav. ; Bavar. ; Belg.Bruns.; Dan.; Mil. Copen.; Hisp.Gall.; Ferr.; Fenn.; Form. Hop. Fr.Fuld. ; Genev. ; Hamb. ; Hann. ; H ass.
Lipp. ; Olden.; Lusit. ; Cast. Bo-rus. ; Pol.; Borus.; Ross.; Sax.;Suec. ; Wirtem. ; Wurceb. ; Bergius ;Brugnatelli ; Coxe ; Guibourt ;Murray and Gmelin ; Paris; Pide-rit ; Spielmann; Zarda.
A laree tree common to all parts of Eu-rope. (Fig. Nouv. Duh. VII. 52)
The bark and fruit are employed.
The bark of the young branches (CorfexQuercûs seu quercinus) is glabrous, ash co-loured externally, and reddish internally.It has a peculiar odour, and a bitter andvery astringent taste.
The fruit, acorns (Glandes seu NucesQuercús ; — Glands, Fr. ; Eichel, Germ.;Zoladz, Pol.), are ovoid or oval, and pro-longed ; they are inodorous, but of anacerb and bitter taste.
Their cups (Cupula! seu Calyculee Glan-dium Quercús) are covered with greyishscales closely imbricated. (Batav.; Ba-var.; Bruns.; Dan.; Fenn.; Hann.;Hass. ; Olden. ; Pol. ; Borus. ; Sax. ;Suec; Herbip. ; Bergius; Murrayand Gmelin)
The Quercus pedunculata, Willd. is alsoindicated by Bavar.
4. Quercus Ilex, Linn.
Synonime :— Chêne Yeuse, Fr.
Hisp,
A tree of the south of Europe and northof Africa. (Fig. Zorn, Ie.pl. t. 518)