Cw Sy 
This root has alfo been recommended in malignant fevers, and 
even in the plague,® efpecially by fome German authors; hence it has — 
been called Contrayerva Germanorum. Other diforders, in which it 
is faid to be ufeful, are {mall-pox,’ {crophula, and uterine obftruc- 
tions. : 
The dofe, in powder, is from a féruple to a dram, or an infufion 
of three or four drams. ! ome : 
_ Vinca minor, (Vinca peruinca, or Periwinkle) Nerium antidyfen- 
tericum, (Profluvii cortex, or Tili-cherry bark) if we except the 
cinchona already noticed, are the only two remaining medicinal 
plants belonging to the order Contorte, ‘The former is a native of 
Britain, and has been ufed in the charaGter of an aftringent, efpecially 
in hemorrhagic diforders: The latter is a native of the Eaft Indies. . 
Its bark, which poflefles an aromatic bitter aftringent, and, accord 
ing to Dr. Brocklefby, an anodyne quality, has been employed in 
dyfenteries, diarrhoeas, and in intermittent fevers, occuring in warm 
climates.* : 
: © Palmar. de feb; peft. c.18. Antuer. Antid: peft. L. 23 7 
* Linn. Fl; Suec: p: 77. 
* See Monro, fen. Med: Effays. 3. p. 32. Brocklefby: Obferv. on camp: difeafes: pi 
194. Lind. on difeafes in hot climates. p+ 308. yf ibs difeafes 96 
PUTAM INE #. 
CAPPARIS SPINOSA. | COMMON CAPER:BUSH.* 
SYNONYMA. Capparis. Pharm. Geoff. iii.256. Dale. 324. Alfroti. 
i. 370. Bergius. 449. Murray. it. 305. Edinb. New Difp. 160. 
Kawnzgs, Diofcor. Capparis fpinofa fructu minori, folio rotundo. 
Bauh. Pin. 480. Capparis rotundiore folio. Ger. Emac. 895. 
Park, Theat; 1023. Ray. Hift. 1629. Ic. Smith. Specileg. Bot. ts 208 
* The only medicinal plant of this order, | 
Polyandria 
