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Root-stocks grated into a pulp. The pulp is washed, the liquid 

 strained, and allowed to settle. The water is decanted, and the starch 

 dried. The grains of starch are much larger than any other starch. 

 They look somewhat flattened, and are oblong in form. 



Tous les Mois is nutritious and wholesome. 



It is a demulcent in urinary and bowel complaints, 



CANNABIS SATIYA, Linn. 

 Hemp. 



Native of Asia. The Hemp plant is an annual growing to a height 

 of 4 to 10 feet. It belongs to the Nettle family. (Urticacece.) 



It is possessed of narcotic properties, and in India the dried plant is 

 smoked under the name of Gunjah, and pounded in water to make a 

 drink under the name of Bhang. 



A resin exudes from the plant, and is known as Churras. In small 

 quantities it produces excitement^ and in increasing and continued doses, 

 delirium, catalepsy and insanity. 



The fruit (commonly known as hemp-seed) contains a single oily 

 seed, which yields on compression the well known hemp-oil. 



The bark contains the fibre which makes the plant so valuable. Good 

 well drained, dampish soil is required for its cultivation. Russia and 

 Poland produce very large quantities, but the Italian is considered su- 

 perior. To produce the best fibre the seed is sown close, which prevents 

 branching. 



CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS, Linn. 

 Cayenne Pepper. 



Native of W. Indies and Tropical America. A shrub, with red or 

 yellow, conical berry, \ to 1 inch long. (Solanacece.) 



Fruit : " The great part of the so-called Cayenne Pepper is made 

 from it, but the name is given also to the product of other peppers/' 

 (DeCandolle.) Used in pickles, curiies, &c. 



"Used as medicine in typhus and intermittent fevers and in dropsy ; 

 they are regarded as stomachic and rubefacient." (Watt, i 



CARAMBA AND CARAMBOLA. See Averrhoa Carambola. 



CARDIOSPERMUM HALICACABUM, Linn. 



Heart Pea. 



Tropics. A climbing annual plant, with tendrils; leaves compound, 

 twice ternate; flowers small white ; seed vessel inflated, globular, 1 

 inch long. (Sapindacece.) 



Root: "An emetic, laxative, stomachic, and rubefacient. It also 

 possesses diaphoretic, diuretic, and tonic properties. " (Watt.) "The de- 

 coction is mucilaginous and somewhat nauseous, and has the reputation 

 of being lithontriptic." (Macfadyei! 



