BASTARh IIORTUS JAr.fAfCENSr^, % 



< *^ Mr. ThonTa<; 'Sl'icol,' a -practitioner in physic, informed me, ri^on my.tcllinfr him 

 of t\hi styptic virtues of the pjeuJi) ipecaciianh;:, which Barliaiu' calls l)lood-flower : 

 that a mule iiiul by some ;u-cident been wounded iii the thigh, from which ai violent 

 hR-morrnngc of hlood issued, which, after the inei'.ectiiul appiicatiou of all the styptics 

 111 his slv)p, was stopped iiislaataueously by a negrd applj. ing a iiandful of the bniised 

 J)lossoni> aiul leaves of this plant. Another time, by the n^a of the same plant, applieU 

 ^.1 the same manner, he saw a jack as;, vvitii a l.u'ge u'ce;'a.te 1 v.-jund, full of maggots, 

 cured eflectiially ; for it immediately killed the maggots, and then cleansing the woun^. 



Tin juice of this plant, made into a syrup with sugar, has been observed to. kill and 

 bri'ig away wor.us wonderful!}', even when ntost other vermifuges have faii;;d; it is 

 given ta-children from a tea to a c<jmmoii spoonful. Tne root dried and lehiced to 

 p > V ler, is fra piently use! by the poorer sort of people as a vomit, the dose from onu 

 to two scruples. To weaken the operation of the root, it may be gently infused iu 

 warm water, which, poured off", is mildly purgative ; ami the root being afterwards^ 

 xlriod anil pulveriseil, will form a more suitable and lenient cathartic for intirm or deli-r 

 cate habits. Brozi'm and Long. Many commend the juice of the wild ipecacuanha ix^ 

 an antidote to worms. It operates with violence, both up and clown, and I have known 

 it sometimes do ^voudcre. The juice of the leaves and tender stalks, from one to thrc^ 

 tea spoonfuls for a dose. Grainger. Tire juice of the leaves is often given to jjersons 

 aftli^cteJ with worms, from a tea spoonful to an ounce, for a dose, on an empty sto- 

 mach. In this way I can vouch for its powerful and salutary effect. When given in 

 largo doses it acts as a mild emetic or purgative ; and in worn* fevers also as a diapho- 

 retic and diuretic. Tiuis, whilst it expels worms, it brings about a crisis. The roots 

 are white and woody. Waen given in powder, as a vomit, they act as an emetic ; but 

 this is a dangerous practice. IVright. Dr. Dancer, in his Medical Assistant, page 

 379, second edition, recommeiids the expressed juice to be injected as a clyster In 

 bleeding piles. 



See SwALLo^y-^voRT. 



BASTARD LOCUS TREE. CLETHRA. 



Cl. 10, OR. I. Decandria nwnogynia. Nat. or. Bicornes:. 



This name is supposed to be derived fiom two Greek words, signifying to close o? 

 lmt up. 



CrEN'. CHAR. Calvx a one-lcafed perianthium, five-parted ; corolla five oblong pe- 

 tals ; stamina ten fikiments subulate, anthertc cordate erect ; germ small, ronnd- 

 is'i ; stylo filiform, stigma trifid ; the pericarpinm is a roundish capsule, three- 

 celle f, th'-ee-valved ; seeds aio'ular. There is only one species, a native of Ja- 

 maica, the tinus occideiUalis of Linnc u , but transferred to this genus by Swartz, 



TlXrrOf.IA. TINUS LEAVED. 



Barr'f^ra avhor cnhjrulafa foliis lavrinia, fritctn racemoso eandenfo 



suh o'nndo monrpyreno pallide luieo. Sioane, v. 2, p S6, t. I9R, 



f. 2. Jrborea, foliis oh'ongo-ovatis^ alternis, supernc glabris, sui- 



K ttis 



