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species ; the C. officinalis contains carbonate of lime and 

 magnesia, gelatine, albumen, sea salt, &c. 



COREOPSIS, L. TickseecL The flowers of nearly ail 

 the species afford a red dye to the Indians, similar to 

 Carthamiis^ C. auriculaim used by the Cherokees, 



CORNUS- Add, bark of C. sericea^ smoked like to- 

 bacco by the Western tribes : the black fruits of C. po- 

 ly gama, Raf. Fi. lud. very good to eat, C7. paniculata 

 has been substituted to C florida. 



CORYLUS AMERICANA, L. Hazelnut, Filberts. 

 Good fruit, giving relief in nephritis : affords much oil 

 of a bad smel!, anodyne, odontalgic. 



CRATEGUS, L. Hawthorn^ Thorn trees. Many spe- 

 cies- Fruits of several edible, red or yellow, acid or 

 sweetish, making fine stomachic preserves, useful for 

 diarrhoea and antiemetic; such are Cr, coccinea^ Cr. to- 

 mentosa, Cr. crusgalli. The leaves and flowers of this 

 last, used as pectoraWin coughs and \vhooping cough, as 



a tea : the shrubjmakes fine hedges. 



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CRINUM AMERICANUM, Lin. Louisiana Squill, 

 Splendid plant, substituted to Squills like the Cr. lati- 

 folium of East Indies, but weaker. 



CROTON, L. Several species produce the Cascarilla 

 bark, Cr. eleutherea, Cr. cascarilla, Cr. odorifera and 

 Ct. balsamifera ; the two first grow in Florida and Ba- 

 hama. Bark aromatic, fragrant, smoke muskj, taste 

 pungent, bitter. It contains resin, volatile oil, mucilage 

 and a bitter principle. Tonic, carminative, stimulant, 

 pectoral, eccoprotic, Sec- useful in dyspepsia, asthma, 

 fevers^ measles, flatulent colic, diarrhea and dysenterj, 

 the thrush of children, putrid and malignant agues, in- 

 ternal hemorrhages. Dose 12 to 30 grains in powder ; 

 tincture 20 to 60 drops, it loses the activity bj coction. 



CUCUBALUS BEHEN, L. Campion Pink, Sea Pink. 

 Root anthelmintic, emetic in large doses. 



CUCUMIS, L. Several species cultivated, chiefly C. 

 sativus or Cucumber, fruit watery, mucilaginous, un- 

 healthy unripe, raw and pickled : healthy boiled, fried 

 or stewed, sedative, laxative: externally raw, refrige- 

 rant, emollient and cosmetic, useful m pnckly heat and 

 ringworms. The C. melo or Muskmelon, delicious fruit, 

 laxative, diminishes transpiration and excite diuresis. 



