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fyrup/ which to young children anfwers the purpofe of a purgative. 



This fyrup is alfo found ufeful in many chemical inquiries to deted: an 

 acid or an alkali, the former changing the blue colour to a red, the latt er 

 to a green. The feeds of Violets are reported to be ftrongly diuretic, 

 and ufeful in gravelly complaints.^ The root pov^^^dered, in the dofe 

 of a dram, proves both emetic and cathartic.'' 



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C This fyrup is ufually prepared from the petals of the cultivated Violet; and Dr. 

 Withering tells us, that at Stratford upon Avon large quantities of the Violet are 

 cultivated for this purpofe. 1. c. s See the authorities cited byMurray^y^^. Med. v. I. p. 519. 



^ Tournefort Hiji. des Plant, de Paris, t. i. p. 29! . Henninger Dijf, de Viola purpur. 



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CISSAMPELOS PAREIRA. PAREIRA BRAVA CISSAMPELOS. 



STNONTMA, Pareira brava. Pharm. Lond, Clematis baccifera 



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glabra et'villofa, rotundo &,umbelicato folio. Plum'ier^ Plantes 

 de VAiner, 78. Y. 93. Sloanes Jamaica^ vol. i. p, 200. Cat. 85. 

 Caapeba folio orbiculari umbelicato & tomentofo. Plum. Gen. 2)2>* 

 Ciffampelos fcandens, foliis peltatis orbiculato-cordatis villofis ; 

 floribus mafculinis racemofis, femininis fpicatis, ipicis foliolatis. 

 Browne s yamaica, p* 2>57' 



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Clafs Dioecia. Ord. Monadelphia. Lin. Gen. PL 



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EJf. Gen. Ch. Ma s c. Cal. 4-phylius. Cor. o. 



Stam. 4: filamentis connai 



Nedlarium rotatum 



Fem, Cal. monophyllus, ligulato-fubrotundus.^ C 



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Styli 3 



Bacca i-fperma 



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Sp. Ch. 



C. foliis peltatis cordatis emarginatis. 



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perennial, long, thick, woody, compofed of diflind 

 fibres, of a dull yellowifli hue, and covered with furrowed bark of a 

 brown colour : the ftalks are numerous, fhrubby, flender, very long, 



covered with a whitifli bark, and climb round the neighbourin 



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