QUALITIES. _Form_, small flaky crystals; _Colour_, silvery white;
_Taste_, acrid. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION. Acetic Acid, and Oxyd of Mercury.
SOLUBILITY. It is soluble in hot, but very sparingly in cold water, and
quite insoluble in Alcohol. FORMS OF EXHIBITION. It should be always
given in pills,[323] it is however seldom used. DOSE, gr. j. As an
external application, a solution of it, in the proportion of grs. j. to
f℥i of rose water, has been commended as a cosmetic.
ACETOSÆ FOLIA. L.E. Rumex Acetosa.
_Common Sorrel Leaves._
QUALITIES. _Taste_, grateful, austere and acidulous. CHEMICAL
COMPOSITION. All its qualities depend upon the presence of
_Super-oxalate of Potass_. In France the plant is commonly cultivated
for the use of the table.
ACETOSELLA. L. Oxalis Acetosella.
_Wood Sorrel._
The qualities of this plant, like those of the preceding, depend upon
_Super-oxalate of Potass_.