AMYGDAL US COMMUNIS. A, 3

A. nana [Linnœus]. Fr., amandier nain, pécher-nain. Ger., Zwergmandel. Syn.: Prunus mume [Siebold and Zuccarini], Per? sic a nana [Mill.]. A species found in Ru ia and Japan, having a fruit like prunes, but very hard and dry as usually found, and with very acid sarcocarp. The fruit yields a bitter oil which is used in salads, and, when unripe, an acid juice which is used as a cooling drink in fevers. The leaves are purgative. [B, 173; “ Phar. Jour. and Trans.,” Oct. 4, 1879, p. 261 (B).] See Persica nana.—A. persica [Linnœus]. ‘ Fr., pêcher. Gér., Pfirsichbaum. The peach tree. In China the kernels are used for “ coughs, blood diseases, amenorrhcea, and worms.” [* Pharm. Jour. and Trans.,” Oct. 4, 1879; “Trans. of the Am. Pharm. A oc., 1880, p. 179 (B).] [B, 5.] See Persica vulgar is.—A. pumila. See Prunus pumila.—Oleum € semine amygdal i [Fr. Cod.]. See Oleum AMYGDALÆ expre um, —Semen amygdal i amarum [Dan. Ph.]. See Bitter ALMOND. Semen amygdal i dulce {Dan. Ph.]._ See AmyapaLa dulcis,— Semina amygdal i amara [Ru . Ph., Norw. Ph., Swed. Ph.]. See Bitter ALMoND.—Semina amygdal i d'ulcia [Ru . Ph., Norw. Ph., Swed. Ph.]. See AMvGDALA dulcis.