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tisyphilitic. Nuts very oilv, flatulent ; the oil fit for 

 painters and lamps, it is said to expel n^orms and even 

 the tapeworms taken with sugar. J. fraxinea has a better 

 nut, similar to the J. regia or European Walnut. 



The J. cinerea (fig. 32 of Bigelow) has the most sac- 

 charine sap, equal to MapleSj a tree gives 4 to 5 gallons 

 V. eekly when tapped, and eight gallons afford one pound 

 of sugar. Fresh outer bark rubefacient and blistering, 

 the lint of it used to dress the bites of snakes. Inner 

 bark bitterish, styptic, purgatrve, that of the root strong- ^ 

 er. The pills and extract in doses of 10 or 30 grains, 

 one of the safest and mildest cathartic, equal to jalap, 

 friendly to the bowels, almost a specific in dysentery ; 

 much used in obstructions, jaundice, agues, worms> cos- 

 tiveness, &c. Also in colds, coughs, hemorrhage in 



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small pills. A cordial made with aromatics. Employed 

 to cure the murrain of cattle and yellow water of horses- 

 The extract ought to be made in the spring, and with 

 care. The nuts are very oily, but pretty good when 

 fresh : the rind and husks dye brown : often pickled 

 when green. 



JU>iCUS, L* Bushes. Many sp. J. acutns and ej- 

 fusus most common, used for ropes, brushes^ baskets, 

 mats, caq^ets, &c. The seeds are cathartic, used for 

 diarrhea and fluxes. 



KRAMERIA LANCEOLATA, Ty. Perhaps equiv. 

 of the valuable Kr, triandra (or Eatayihla officinalis^ Raf.) 

 of Peru, a yery valuable astringent tonic. 



KUHNIA, L. 3 sp. AVeak eq. o{ Enpatorhm. 



LACTUCA, L. Lettuce. Several sp. all equivalents. 

 L, elongata most commonly used. L. gigantea, Raf- 10 

 feet high. Bitter milk of all affords the Lactucarmn or 

 Tridace^^ or lettuce opium. Useful and powerful ano- 

 dyne, diaphoretic, laxative and diuretic. The extract 

 very efficient in pills for the dropsy and ascites. The L. 

 sattva or Garden Lettuce is milder. Eaten in sallad, 

 boiled or cooked it acts as a good refrigerant, paregoric, 

 diluent, sedative^ and anodyne : good topical ii^dative 

 and a good diet in nmny diseases, hypochondria, saty- 

 nusist i^yinphoniania, consumption, nervous complaints, 

 Slc. producing a propensity to sleep, and allaying pain- 

 The milk of it easily collected by incisions, cotton or a 



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