Asarite

(Chem.) A camphor-like substance found, together with asarin, in the root of Asarum Europœumт, and resembling that substance in many respects, but melting only at 70° C., whereas asarin melts at 40°. -v. a. To go or move upward upon; to climb. "They ascend the mountains; they descend the valleys."- Delancy . -To go toward the source; as, "to ascend a river." much used. IMG:content-0353.png:[blocks in formation] creeping rhizomas and 1-2 leaves on each branch; flowers solitary. The root of the A. Europœum , which forms the drug Asarabacca , gives by distillation the Asarin, q. v. It was formerly much employed as an emetic; but has been superseded by ipecacuanha, which is milder and safer. It is still occasionally used as an errhine. The species A. Can a dense, the Canada snakeroot, or wild ginger, found in the W. States, is another medicinal plant, the rhizome being used as a tonic, diaphoretic, and aromatic stimulant.