202 CALTHA. 



Ambrosial smell 



1^ J the syrup and preserves exquisite. 

 and flavor. 



BROMUS PURGANS, L. Broom Grass. Medical 

 grass, sudorific, vermifuge, laxative, diuretic, menagogue, 

 &c. Excellent for cattle, purges them, 



BUNIAS AMERICANA, Raf. Seacole, The B. ca- 



a 



kil^ of Schoepf, B. maritima of others. On the se 

 shores. Acrid, diuretic, antiscorbutic. Edible, makes 

 a fine pickle for scurvj j root mixed with bread in Ca- 

 nada. 



BUXUS SEMPERVIRENS, L. Boxwood, Common 

 in gardens for borders, grows very slow, a tree 8 feet 

 high, must be 100 years old. Wood yellow, very hard, 

 excellent for implements and wood cuts. Leaves and 

 bark bitter, fetid, purgative, pellent, sudorific, alterative, 

 antisyphilitic. Said to be equivalent of SlyUingia m 

 syphilis; also used in epilepsy and hysterics, also for 

 beer. 



C AC ALIA, L. Caraway. Many species. All more 

 or less emollient like Mallow, the C reniformis (called 

 Wild Cabbage!) used like beet leaves. C. suaveolens 

 equivalent of Sonchos. 



CACTUS, L. Nearly 20 species in the United States. 

 See Opuntia for the Prickly Pears. Almost all have 

 edible fruits, acid and grateful : those of C. bleo are 

 like cherries : those of C,ferox are purple, size of an 



^Sg' Many are very troublesome weeds, with formida- 

 ble thorns. 



CALLA PALUSTRIS, L. Swamprobin. Canada 

 and New York* Roots acrid and caustic like Arura, 

 yet by drying, grinding, macerating and boiling, a fine 

 meal and bread is made in Sweden, very palatable* 



CALLICARPA AMEBIC AlSi A.l^: SoiverbusfuYk- 



jsiidL to Florida. Ornamental shrub, the purple berries 



die wool purple with alum ; they are edible, acid, sweet- 



isli and subastrin^ent. Leaves useful for dropsies in 



decoction, according to Dale, Miller, Schoepf, and 

 Elliott 



CALTIIA, L. Marsh Marygold, RJeadoivboids, Cow- 

 ««p- Several species, all acrid when fresh, not eaten by 

 ^^^eep ; they kill the cattle bruising them, inflaming 

 their stomach : yet Cutler says that they are a grood pot 

 herb boded ^ see Bununcidus. The flower buds are 



