B, 172

173; L, 105.]—A. scaber Brogniart]. A European species, regarded by Linnæus as a va ety of A. officinal is, but distingubhed from the latter by the lentate scabrous margins of the leaves. — A. silvatic us [Waldstein and Kitaibel]. See A. tenuifolius.—A. tea. See Tisane de racine d’ASPERGE.—A. tenuifolius [Lamarck]. A European species, regarded by Linnzeus as a variety of the A. officinal is, distinguished by its finely capillary leaves, which, with the branches, are glabrous. {B. 173, 178. og uimbellulatus [Sieber], A bshrub of Mauritius having deflexed branches and fiowers in axillary umbels, [B, 192.} — A. verticil laris [Bieb.]. A semi- —saceæ asparagl. The fruit of the A. officinal is, regarded as. diuretic and aphrodisiac. [B, 180.] —Bath a. The Ornithogalum pyrenaicum. [B, 185.|—Common a. See A, officinal is—Extractum asparagi. An extract made from the fresh shoots of the A. officinal is. {B, 20.}—Freneh THE ASPARAGUS OIFICINALIS, a. See Bath arden a. See À, See, A, oficinalis. — Ptisan a radicis asparagi. See Tisane d’AsPERGE.—Radix asparagl, Radix asparagi alticis. Fr., racine d’asperge. The rhizome of A. officinal is, formerly official in the Brit. Ph. and regarded as one of the five major aperient roots, also as diuretic, emmenagogue, and aphrodisiac; still official in the Fr. Cod., the Bae Ph., and the Swi Ph, [B, 270; L, 120.|—Rock a. > A. petrœus.—Semen asparagi. ‘The seads of A. officinal is. [B, 1804—Suceus turionum asparagi amari [Fr. Cod. ‘The juice of the shoots of the’ A, a ficin a lis, var. maritimus, and the A. scaber; used in making sirop de pointe d’asperge. [B, 270.]—Syrupus cum succo asparagi [Fr. Cod.]. See Sirop de pointe d'Asence.—Turiones asparagi, Turiones asparagl juniores. The young edible shoots of À. officinal is. [A, 319; B, 270.)