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waters, to protect their country from an enemy. Much used in Indian 
practice; as already stated, Dr. Hooker is of opinion that this is a 
plant not specifically distinct from Aconitum Napellus, L. 
Butees. Root. Aconitum heterophyllum, Wali. Simla (Major 
Madden). Used in India as a tonic. 
Peony. Peonia officinalis, Retz. South of Europe. Flowers, seeds, 
root. Supposed to be antispasmodic; the seeds emetic and cathartic. 
Bane-berry. Actea spicata, L. Europe. The black berries are 
poisonous: the roots antispasmodie, expectorant, and astringent, and 
considered to have afforded great relief in catarrhs. 
Black Cohosh Bark. Cimicifuga racemosa, Bart. North America. 
Nauseous and astringent, regarded in the United States as a remedy 
for the bite of the rattle-snake. 
Mandrake root, American, or May-apple. Podophyllum peltatum, L. 
North America. Oathartie. The leaves are poisonous, the whole plant 
narcotic; the fruit acid, whence it is said to be called “wild Lemon.” 
Fellow-root, Parsley-leaved. Xanthorhiza apiifolia, L^ Hérit. North 
America. Shrub contains both gum and resin, intensely bitter; the 
wood and bark pure tonic bitter. 
(To be continued.) 
Jottings on the Mountains; or Notes of a few days’ sojourning among the 
Mountains of Cova, etc., in the Summer of 1853; by Mr. A. 
CROALL. 
August.—Arriving at the inn, Kirkton of Clova, about five o’clock 
P.M., we had some refreshments, and then proceeded along the foot of 
the Barrier; and on the slopes below the cliffs, the rills were fringed 
With Zofieldia palustris, Bryum julaceum, pallens, and ventricosum, all in 
fruit; Tofieldia was in flower as well as fruit, and extended to within 
300 feet of the base, and nearly to the base of the cliffs. On the 
boulders, Trichostomum heterostichum and microcarpum, Anictangium 
ciliatum, and Gyrophora pellita, proboscidea and cylindrica were plentiful, 
but not so fine as around Loch Brandy and Loch Wharl. 
On ascending the stream between Carlourie and the Barrier, on an 
isolated rock at the base of the cliffs, gathered fine specimens of Bartra- 
mia Halleriana in fruit. Rosi to bci HMM me va tm ; 
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