GRINDELIA

(Lat.), n. f. Gri2nd-el(e2lVi2-a3. Fr., grindelia, grindelie. 1. The gum-plant or tar-weed of North America; a genus of the Composites, tribe Asteroidece. The Grindeliacece of Reichenbach are a section, and the Grindeliece of Ca ini a suborder, of the Solidaginece. 2. Of the U. S. Ph., the leaves and flowering tops of G. robusta. [B, 5, 42, 170, 275 (a, 24).] Extractum grindeliae lln hi inn [U. S. Ph.]. Fr., extrait liquide de grindelia. Ger., flii iyes Grindelienextrakt. A preparation made by exhausting 100 grammes of the leaves and flowering tops of G. robusta with a mixture of alcohol and water (in the proportion of 3 parts of the former to 1 part of the latter), reserving the first 85 c. c. of the percolate, evaporating the remainder of the percolate to a soft consistence, mixing with the reserved portion, and adding enough of the menstruum to bring the whole up to lOOc. c. [B, 95.] G. gluI i iio-.ii. A species growing in Mexico. [B, 46 (a, 14).] G. liirsn t n la. A species growing in California; used externally, either bruised or in decoction, as an antidote to poisoning by Rhus divers i lob a. [Canfleld (B, 5 [a, 24]); " Am. Jour, of Pharm.," 1860. p. 412 (a, 241.] G. integrifolia. A Californian species, used like G. hirsutula. ["Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc., xxvi (o, 14).] G. robusta. An herbaceous species from 1 to 3 feet high, with very glabrous leaves, broadly spatulate, oblong, or lanceolate, and a pappus of 2 to 5 flatfish awns. The leaves, the official part, are 2 inches long or le , varying from spatulate to lanceolate, more or le serrate, pale-green, smooth, dotted, and brittle. Its activity U2, blue; U, lull; U4, full; U, urn; U, like u (German). [s. 241]