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240 MALVA. 



and extract. Contains gum, resin, mucus, fecula^ mu- 

 riatic acid, an oil, &c. A palliative in phthisis. Some- 

 times used in cholera infantum and worms, also in the 

 botts of horses. Often united to Comics, Qutrcus and 

 Prinos, Inner bark of the root most powerful : a fine 

 cordial made with it Leaves used by Cherokees in 

 poultice for sores and headache, ointment for inflamma- 

 tions and mortifications : make the milk of cows bitter. 

 Extract of pm)t equal to Gentian. Remedy for syphilitic 

 ulcers of the nose. S^.dii laxative. 



LITHOSPERMUM, L. GromwelL 8 sp. Equiv, of 

 Cynoglossum^ 



LOI4IUM, L. Darnel, Seeds narcotic, pernicious 

 when mixt with wheat, make the bread bad, unhealthy. 



LONICERA, L. Honeysuckle. All sp. leaves and 

 flowers bitterish, mucilaginous, astringent, detersive, 

 &c. A sirup used for sorethroat, irritation of the lungs. 



LUDWIGIA, L. Several sp. subastringent. 



LUPINUS PERENNIS, Linn. Lvpin, Fingerleaf. 

 Grows in poorest sandy soil and improves it, liked by 

 horses and sheep. Seeds bitter and flatulent, edible by 

 lixivation like /. sativus of Europe, flour resolutive. 



LYCOPERDON, L. Pw^iaZ/s. Edible when young. 



LYCOPODIUM, L. Ground pine. Hog bed. Many 

 sp. Z. c/araft/mand selago chiefly used. Diuretic, me- 

 nagogue, drastic, nervine, attenuant, aperient and cor- 

 roborant. Used in dropsy, gout, scurvy, diarrhea, sup- 

 pressions. Externally for ulcers of infants, serpigo, tinea, 

 fdica, &c. They kill lice and insects, dye various co- 

 ots^ mend bad wmes, inflammable, pollen, much used ia 

 pyrotechny. 



LYSIMACHIA QUADRIFOLT \, I.. Crossworl, 

 Fellow balm. Subastringent, stonmchic, expectorant, 

 used in tea for colds, coughs, agues, to mend the appe- 

 tite. &c. 



LYTHRUM SALIC ARIA, L. WiUowort, Loose- 

 strife. Subastringent, mucilaginous. Decoction very 

 useful in diarrhea and dysentery after a purgative. 



MALVA, L. Mallow. All the sp. eq. muciladnous, 

 insioid* emollient, laxative, edible. Ingredient ofGoni- 

 b^ 3, and the Dolma of Greeks, with Seolymus^ Kumef 

 and oil. Very useful in gonorrhea, strangury, &c. topi- 



