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tic, detergent and corroborant. Useful in obstructions, 

 jaundice, cachexy, hectic fevers, hypochondria, agues 

 and bilious fevers, hemorrhage, 2;out, cutaneous erup- 

 tions, debility of the bowels, &c. The whole plant used, 

 the juice, extract and syrup* The root roasted and 

 ground makes a substitute for coffee in Europe, tasting 

 bitterish and sweetish, A syrup of it with rhubarb, oats, 

 Sac. used for all diseases of the liver, kidneys, skin and 

 blood, fevers, cholics, &c. The C. endivia or Garden 

 Endive, eaten as a sallad, has similar properticvS, much 

 weaken The seeds w^ere cold seeds of the Galenic 

 school. Succory is also tinctorial, and dies yellow. 



CICUTA. Add, the yellow juice of the root dies 



yellow. 



CIRCEA, L. Two species, their roots die yellow, 

 leaves useful in decoction and cataplasm, for piles and 

 condyloma. 



CISSAMPELOS SMILACINA, L. Carolina, equi- 

 lent of C, j9«re/rcE. vSchoepf, 



GISTUS CANADENSIS, L. Frostwort, Rock rose. 

 Used by empirics for curing scrofula^ in decoction and 

 cataulasms. Tiie roots throw off small white icicles. 



CITRUS AURANTIUM, L. Orange tree. Native 

 of South Florida. Cultivated from Florida to Louisiana* 

 Very useful tree. Wood similar to Box, but softer. 

 Leaves bitter, anodyne, diaphoretic, stomachic, forming 

 a fine medical tea in nervous diseases, debility, &:c. 

 Flowers delightful fragrant j their essential oil called 

 Xeroliiim^ contains a concrete oil, JVeroline ; analeptic, 

 antispasmodic, fine condiment and perfume. *l'>uit de- 

 licious, sweet and acid, many kinds, yellow or red, large 

 or small, bitter, &:c. The young fruits called Arancini in 

 Italy, from the size of a pea to'a walnut, make a fine 

 bitter tincture, aromatic and stomachic, good preserves, 

 &c. used also to keep cauteries open. Their bitter prin- 

 ciple, called Hesperidine^ found also with an essential 

 oil in the orange peel, much used in syrup and powder, 

 &c. as a good tonic, corroborant, pellent and vermifuge^ 

 nseful in convulsions, histerics, hypochondria^ jaundice, 

 ischuria, hemorrhage of uterus alone or united to Nero- 

 Hum. The Curasso liquor made with it. The unripe 

 juice is acid, equal to lemons. Ripe juice sweet, healthr, 



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