PHYSOSTIGMA

(Lat.), n. n. Fi3s(fu8s)-o(o3)-sti2g'ma8. Gen., -stig'matos (-at is). From va-a. a bladder, and <rn'y^a, a mark. 1. A genus of the Phaseolece. 2. Of the U. S^ Ph., Calabar bean (seed of P. venenosum). [B, 121 (a, 35).] Extvactum physostigmatis JU. S. Ph., Br. Ph., Ru . Ph.] (seu physostigmatos). Fr., extrait de feves de Calabar [Fr. Cod.]. Roum., estractu de calabaru [Roum. Ph.]. Syn.: extractum Calabar [Dan. Ph., Netherl. Ph., Swed. Ph.], extractum fnbce calabaricce [Ger. Ph. (1st ed.), Swi Ph.] (seu calo bar i ens is [Belg. Ph.]). A preparation made by extracting Calabar bean with alcohol. The U. S. Ph. treats 100 parts of the bean in No. 40 powder with alcohol in a percolator, and evaporates to pilular consistence; the Br. Ph. treats 1 Ib. of the bean in No. 40 powder with 4 pints of alcohol in a percolator, and evaporates to the consistence of a soft extract: the Fr. Cod. and Belg. Ph. use 1 part of finely powdered bean and 5 parts of alcohol, too; U2, blue; U', lull; U4, full; UB, urn; U<% like tt (German). [s. 265]