PAPAVERACE A. 
Poppyworts. 
No 91. 
CHELIDONIUM MAJUS. 
GeLanpine, Pilewort, Tetterwort, ete. 
Place—Europe. 
Quality—Bitter, acrid, caustic. 
Pow er—Diuretic, diaphoretic 
Use—Jaundice, dropsy, herpes, etc. 
BOTANICAL ANALYSIS. 
Natural Order. Rhceadex—L. Papaveracee.—J. 
Crass XIII. Polyandria. Orper Monogynia. 
Linn. Sp. Pl. 723. Woody. Med. Bot.I. 140. Stephenson and Churchill I. 
Ency. Pl. 460. Raf. Med. Flor. Il. 207. U. 8. Dis. 1240. Griff. Med. Bot. 129. Per. 
= Mat. Med. II. 687. Beach. Fam. Ph. 650 Wood, Class Book, 156. T. and G. 
. 1. 162. : 2 
Genus CHELIDONIUM. 
From the Greek ys\:éo», the swallow, the plant being supposed to flower with the 
arrival of that bird, and to perish with its departure. The English word Celandine 
appears to be a corruption of Chelidonium. 
Synonymes.—La chelidoine { F.], Das scholkraut [Ger-], Schelkruid [ Dutch], Celi- 
donia [1.], Celidonia, [Sp.], Svaleurt, [Dan.] 
THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS, 
Catyx. Sepals, two, rarely three, deciduous, imbricated in- 
_-estivation. See Se 
Corona. Petals, four, rarely five or six hypogynous, 
