48. 



off, and the sedimentary matter after being heated is thrown upon a 

 calico filter, where it is washed. The indigo is then removed from the 

 filter, pressed, and cut into cubical cakes, dried and sent into the 

 market. 



Indigo has been used as a remedial agent in epilepsy, and also in 

 infantile convulsions, chorea, hysteria, and amenorrhoea." (Bentley 

 and Trimen.) 



IPECACUANHA, WILD OR BASTARD, See Asclepias Curassa- 



VICA. 



IPOMGEA HEDERACEA, Jacq. 

 Kaladana. 



Tropical and sub-tropical regions of both hemispheres. An annual 

 herbaceous twining plant; leaves simple, alternate, cordate, 3-lobed ; 

 flowers usually bright pale blue, but sometimes purplish, pink, or 

 white. (Convolvulacece.) 



Seeds. An effectual, quickly operating, safe cathartic. Dose of the 

 powdered seeds is from 30 to 50 grains. 



IPOMCEA PURGA, Hayne. 

 Jalap. 



Native of country round Jalapa in West Mexico, about 6,000 feet 

 elevation. Introduced, and now naturalised at Cinchona, Jamaica. 



An herbaceous perennial twiner; leaves alternate, cordate, corolla 

 salvor-shaped, purplish-pink ; roots tuberous. (Convolvulacece.) 



Routs, dried, form commercial jalap. A certain, powerful, and 

 speedy drastic purgative. Valuable in habitual constipation, and in 

 febrile and inflammatory affections. A hydragogue in dropsies ; a 

 derivative purgative in head affections. 



IRON SHRUB. See Sauvagesia erecta. 



IRON WOOD. See Laplacea haematoxylon. 



JACK FRUIT. See Artocarpus integrifolia. 



JALAP. See Ipomcea purga. 



JOB'S TEARS. See Coix lachryma. 



JOHN CROW BUSH. See Bocconia frutescens. 



JUNIPERUS BARBADENSIS, Linn. 



Juniper Cedar, Bermuda Cedar. 



Native of West Indies, Bahamas, Bermuda. A large tree, with 

 small needle-leaves. ( Conifer ae.) 



