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Natural Order, PHhytolaccays; Phytolaccacewe 
(V. K., p. 508.) 
Prevailing Quality. Emetic, narcotic. 
Puytonacca. Linneus. 
Calyx 5-parted. Stamens 8-10. Stigmas 8-10. 
1 Berry 8-10-celled, each cell one-seeded._ 
i ¢ decandra Linneeus.—(Pocan Busu.) Fig. 186. 
lowers with 10 stamens and 10 styles. 
- Habitat, United States. 
= Quality. _ Purgative, emetic, narcotic ; leaves acrid. : 
ss. Like those of Guaiacum ; against chronic rheumatism 
and syphilitic pains. Young tender blanched shoots 
eatable when boiled ; pulp of berries employed in the 
teration of wine. Root an emetic, 
“igh nearly to Ipecacuanha. Bige- 
vd Says, that “from abundant experience, 
it 18 Satisfied that, when properly prepared, 
_ NY operates in the same doses and with the 
Same certainty” as that drug. Its exhibi- 
tion sometimes attended by slight narcotic 
Gane Reareire applied it excites a 
eat and smarting ; cures psora 
and tenia capitis, i 
a 
ee a ot ne eg 
, Fig. 185.—Mirabilis J ; fruit ; 186, Flowers of Phy- 
tolacea alapa; a, a flower cut perpendicularly ; 5, the ripe fruit ; 15. 
: dra ; a, the ripe fruit. _~ 
