MONOEPIGYNES. (259 
Mepicinat Properties.—The roots of some species of 
as Orris Root (Jris florentina), and I. germanica, are 
htly stimulant, and may be used for keeping open an 
for exciting salivation or the secretion from the nose, 
as purgatives. ris Pseudacorus, I. germanica, I. tube- 
I. versicolor and I. verna, are cathartic, and the two 
are also brisk emetics. The roots of the Iris appear to 
ain gum, an astringent extract, abundant in the J. Pseu- 
ws, some fecula, an acrid and bitter oil, and a volatile 
which exists mostly in the roots of those which are odo- i 
The stigmata of the Crocus sativus were formerly, a 
din hysteria: they are aromatic, pungent, stimulant, and 4 
ilarating, and have been said to resemble spirituous li- 
ors in their action. They are now used only as secondary 
‘pills and tinctures. 
Officinal Plants. 
Crocus sativus. 
Tris florentina. 
ORDER XXVL 
~MUSACE#. 
Cuaracters.—Herbaceous stemless plants. Leaves with 
sheathing petioles, with a kind of swelling between the 
e and the leaf. Flowers on a common stalk in the — 
entre of ‘the leaves, and contained in spathas. Perianth | 
