Con vallar i a

{kon-val-a’ ’ -re-ah) [convallis, a valley]. A genus of liliaceous plants. C. majalis, lily of the valley. All parts of the plant are used in medicine. Its properties are due to con vail arin, C34Hfi20n, and convallamarin, C,,HM012, glucosids. It is a cathartic, diuretic, and. cardiac stimulant. C, Ext., soluble in water. Dose gr. ij-x (0.13-0.65). C, Ext., Fid., alcoholic. Dose mjj-xj (0.13-0.7). C, Infusum, prepared with three times its weight of water. Dose f 3 -ij (16.0-64.0). Convallamarin, or Convallamarinum, is soluble in water. Dose gr. *^-ij (0.016-0.13). All unof. 206