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cooling, useful against scurvy and in fevers : the Orange- 

 ade made_ with it and sugar, also the Orange wine. 

 Orange juice and sea salt is a popular purgative in Ja- 

 maica. Seeds bitter, forming a bitter emulsion as good 

 as the leaves or buds, and vermifuo-e. 



CITRUS MEDICA, L. Lemon tree. With the last 

 and equivalent. Many varieties, Lhnes^ Citron, Bcrga- 

 mot, &c. The oils of Lemon peel and Bergamot peel 

 well known as perfumes. Thick rind of Citrons fine 

 tonic preserve. Inner bark white, tonic. Leaves, blos- 



soms and seeds like those of Oranges. Juice verj acid, 

 containing much citric acid and mucilage, fine condi- 

 ment, lemonade grateful drink, very useful in all fevers, 

 scurvy, gravel, &c. Antiseptic, refrigerant, diuretic 

 and anti-emetic. Punch is a bad drink, it gives head 

 ache and dyspepsia. "Wine punch is grateful and healthy. 

 Citric acid is used in the arts. Oil of lemons to take off 

 spots of grease. Lime juice purified of the mucilage, 

 employed as mordaunt by the dyers. 



CLADRASTIS TINCTORIA, Raf. {VirgiUa, Mx.) 

 Ydlow Jlsh, Fustic tree^ Yellow Locust. From Ken- 

 tucky to Alabama. Fine tree, wood yellow and soft, 

 like Mulberry and Fustic, fine canoes made with it. 

 The bark gives a bright yellow dye, it is laxative, and 

 that of the roots purgative. Flowers fragrant, like Robi- 

 nia. The turners use the wood, it is good for inlaying, 

 it dyes pale yellow like Fustic. 



CLAVARIA, L. Coral or Cheb Mushrooms. AH the 

 fleshy kinds edible, 

 delicioust 



CLAYTONIA, L. Pigroot. Root tuberous, ediblcj 

 dug by pigs. Antiscrofulous in cataplasms. 



CLEMATIS, L, Virgin bower. Almost all the spe- 

 cies medical like Cl.JIammula, CI. vitalba, and CI. recta 

 of Europe j the bark, leaves and blossoms acrid, raising 

 blisters on the skin ; a corrosive poison internally, loses 

 me virulence by coction and dessication. The extract 

 used tor osteocopic pains, dose 1 or 2 grains ,• frictions 

 «t an oily lintment cure the itch. Our CI. virginica and 

 ^ -> la also used as diuretic and sudorific, for chronic 

 rne^raausm, palsy, and ulcers in minute doses. All 

 ornamental vmes. The flowers hold a peculiar sub- 



cinerea 



