Pilocarpus (pi-lo-kar'pus). the Rutaceae. 2

The dried 1.leaflets A genus of micro phyllus or P. jaborandi. They are bitter and somewhat pungent, and when bruised, slightly aromatic. P. is a powerful diaphoretic and sialagogue. It is used in dropsy, etc., and is a strong mydriatic. Itis antagonistic to atropin. The fluidextract of P. is official in the U. S. Ph. P. jaborandi. The dried leaves are official. P. microphyll us. See P. (2d def.). P. pennatifolius, P. pinnatifolius, P. pinnatus. The jaborandi plant, the species yielding the p. of the U. S. Ph., 1880; probably identical with P. selloamis; a shrub of tropical and subtropical Brazil. The bark, as well as the leaves, contains p. and is used as a sudorific and sialagogue. P. selloanus. Rio Janeiro jaborandi; a species found in Brazil and Paraguay, differing little, if at all, from P. pinnatifolius, official in U. S. Ph., 1890. [Gr., pilos, a cap, + karpos, fruit.]