ANGUSTURA

(Lat.), n. f. A2%n?(a3n?)-gu%s(gu‘s)-tu?(tu)’ras. Said to be derived from Angostura, the name of a South American town. Fr., angusture. Ger., Angustura. It., gngustura. Sp., angostura, angustura. 1. Cusparia bark. [U. S... 1870 (B).} See CUSPARIÆ cortex. 2. A genus of plants, usually referred to Galipea. ae bark. See CUSPARIÆ cortex.—A. cuspare {Romer and Schultes]. See GALIPEA officinal is,—A’ extract (Ger.). See Extractum angusture.—A. falsa, A. ferruginea, A. ferruginosa, A.spuria. See False a.—A’rinde (Ger.). See CUSPARIE cortex,—A’tinetur (Ger.). See Tinctura angusturæ.— A, trifoliata [Rémer and Schultes]. See GALIPEA officinal is.—A. vera. See True a. bark.—A. virosa. False a. bark. [L, 105.]—Brazilian a. bark, The bark of the Fsenbeckia febrifuga. It occurs În commerce in fragments 8 to 10 inches long and y of an inch thick, reddish within and grayish on the outside with black or red spots. [B, 5.]-Cortex angusturæ. Fr., écorce d'angusture. Ger., Angustürarinde. See Cusparta cortex. — Cortex angu: ture false, Cortex angusturæ spurius. See False a. bark.— —Cortex angusturæ veræ. See CUSPARIÆ cortex. — Cortex pseudo-angusturæ. See Cortex angusturæ falsæ.— Echte A>rinde (Ger.). See True a. bark—E entia angusturæ. See Tinctura angusture.—Extractum angusturæ. Fr., extrait @angusture, Ger., Angusturaextract. Extract of a., official in several old formularies; made by boiling 1 part of a. bark in 8 parts of water, filtering, and evaporating to the consistence of an extract. [L, 85.]—False a. bark. Lat., cortex angusturæ spur iæ. Fr., écorce d'angusture fau e. Ger., unechte (oder falsche) Angusturarinde. The bark of the Strychnos nuæ vomica, often mixed with true a. bark. [B,5.] It is irregular in shape, thick, and hard; gray externally, with rust-colored patches of cork and white warts; smooth and brown on the inner surface, with no white str iæ. (L, 65.]—Infusum angusturæ. Fr., infusion-d’angusture. Ger., Angusturainfusion. Infusion of a., official in several old pharma copœias; made by macerating 19 parts of a. bark in 473 of hot water for 24 hours, and filtering. [L,85.] See also Infusum cus- PARIÆ, — Oes tin disc he A’rinde (Ger.). See False a. bark. — Pseudo-a., Rothfarbige A. (Ger.). See False a. bark.—Tinetura angusturæ. Fr., e ence (ou alcoolé) dangusture, Ger., Angusturatinctur. Syn.: e entia angusture. Tincture of a., official in several old pharma copæias; made by digesting 1 part of a. bark in 8 parts of alcohol for 8 days, with a gentle heat, and filtering. (L, 85.]—True a. bark. Fr., angusture vraie [Fr. God.]. Ger., wahre Angusturarinde. The bark of Galipea oficinalis. See CusPARLÆ corter.—Unechte (Ger.). See False a. bark.—Wahre (Ger.). See True a. bark.