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m 
yellowiili at the edges, purpllfh, and bent dow 
fligmata : the g 
ular 
the 
d* 
3 
ftyle 
IS 
fh 
and flender 
th 
d placed below the corolla : the 
ftigma divid 
panfions of a yellow 
into three petalou 
s 
giilarly ferrated at the extremity 
thefe aie oblong, bent outwards 
th 
/ 
divided 
yellow 
ap 
three cells, which contain num 
tnan 
flat 
and 
feeds of a 
This plant is common in marfhes, and on the banks of rivers, and 
rendered very confpicuous by 
in 
th 
beginning of July. It formerly had a pi 
yellow flowers, which ap 
Pharm. under the name of Gladeol 
The 
the London 
v/ithout 
3 
fmell, but has an acrid fl:iptic tafte, and its juice on being fnuffed up 
the nofl:rils, produces a burning heat in the nofe and mouth, ac- 
tus : hence it is 
This root is 
companied with a copious difcharge from thefe 
recommended both as 
fuch a powerful afl:rin 
errhine and fial 
g 
gog 
ent, that it has been ufed inilead of g 
the making of ink,** and alfo for the purpofe of dying black i 
from this quality it has been fuccefsfully employed as a medicine foi 
and 
the 
of diarrhse 
When given with this 
i 
the root 
be well dried; for the frefh root and its juice are fl:rongly cath 
infomuch that 80 drops of the latter produced repeated 
after jalap, gambog 
& 
had failed 
and by 
g 
its ufe 
(C 
The exprefl^ed j 
reafed dofe, it cured an inveterate dropfy/ Hence Berg 
Virtus, recenf, hydragoga, purgans. sIccaL adfl:rin 
zens. 
» 
ferpiginous eruptions and fcrophulous tumours 
like wife faid to be an ufeful application to 
46. Culleii. M. M. V. ii. p. 430 
Vide Pennant's Tour in Scotland, 17 
Tranf. No. 117. p. 397 
S 
^ Blair's Obfcrvations, &c. 
^ 
cc 
Jalap, Gamb 
were quite inefFedual : whereupon Dr. Rutherford ordered 80 drops of the fuccus 
radicis, Iridis paluftris, to be given every hour or two in a little iyrup of buckthorn, 
which had very immediate efFeds, making him pafs feveral Scots pints of water by ftool 
that very nig-ht.'^ Medical Eflav^. voL c. n. ha. "We mav here remark, thnt- this 
juice IS very uncertain in its operation : that which is exprefled from the old roots is the 
mod adive. 
Murray Ap. Med. vol. 5. p. 277 
No. 
Lewis Mat, Med, 359 
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