Erythroxylon

{er-ith-roks’ -il-on) [kpvdpog, red; t-’v’Aov, wood: gen., Erythroxyli~\. Coca, Cuca. The leaves of £. coca, a shrub indigenous to the Andes. It contains an alkaloid, cocain, C17H21N04, to which its properties are mainly due. It is an aromatic tonic and cerebral stimulant. E. coca (B. P.). Dose gr. ij-xv (0.13-1.0). Cocse, Ext., Fid. Dose ir xx-f (1.3-4.0). Extractum cocae liquid. (B. P.). Dose rr xx-f j (1.3-4.0). See Coca. 265