SERPENT ARIA

(Lat.), n.f. Su5r(se*r)-pe5nt-a(as)'ri-a. From serpens, a serpent. Fr., aristo loc he serpent a ire, serpent a ire de Virginie (souche) [Fr. Cod.]. Sp., 8. de Virginia (rizoma) [Sp. Ph.]. 1. The Aristolochia s. 2. The rhizome of Aristolochia s., and, according to the U. S. and Br. Ph's, of Aristolochia reticulata. [B, 95 (a, 38).] 3. Of Rafinesque and others, a section of the genus Aristolochia. The Serpent a rice are: of Endlicher, a cla of the Acramphibrya containing the Aristolochieae. and Nepenthece; of Eichler, an order (cohort) of the Monochlamydece including the Aristolochiece. [a, 35.] Ceru a serpentariae. See LEAD acetate. E entia serpentariae virginia nae. See Tinctura serpent a rice. Extractum serpentariae fluidum [U. S. Ph.]. A preparation made by moistening 100 grammes of s. in No. 60 powder with 30 of a mixture of 3 parts of alcohol with 1 part of water, exhausting in a percolator with more of the menstruum, reserving 90 c. c. of percolate, evaporating the rest to a soft extract, and bringing the mixture of the two up to 100 c. c. with the menstruum. [B, 95 (a, 38).] Infusum serpent aria} [Br. Ph.] (virginia nae). A preparation made by infusing 1 part of s. in No. 20 powder in 40 parts of boiling water for half an hour and straining. [B, 95, 119 (a, 38).] Radix (seu Rhizoma) serpentariae. See fir. (2d def.). S. bras i liens is. See CHIOCOCCA anguifuga. Serpent arise radix (seu rhizoma). See S. (26 def.). S. indica. See OPHIORRHIZA mungos. S. major. See DRACUNCULUS vulgar is. S. mas. See POLYGONCM bistort a. S. minor. An old name for the Arum maculatum. [a, 35.] S. rnbra, S. vulgar is. See POIYGONUM bistort a. Tinctura serpentariae (virgin ianae). A preparation made by macerating 10 parts of s. in No. 40 powder for one day with 10 of alcohol of sp. gr. 0'928. and treating in a percolator with enough more alcohol to make 100 parts of filtered tincture [U. S. Ph.]; or by macerating 2 oz. of s. in No. 40 powder for two days with 15 fl. oz. of alcohol, and treating in a percolator, adding alcohol enough to make 20 fl. oz. of expre ed and filtered tincture [Br. Ph.]. [B, 95 (a, 38).] [s. 478]