unripe fruits, are very acrid in the genus Ranunculus. 
_ Pasque-flower Anemone (A. Pulsatilla) is extremely acrid, 
and has been recommended by Storck in amaurosis and pa- 
-ralysis. The root of Black Hellebore (Helleborus niger) is 
_ a powerful purgative and emmenagogue ; and the leaves of 
- Bear’s-foot or Stinking Hellebore (H. fetidus) are both 
_ emetic and cathartic, and were formerly much used as an- 
aintic. Delphinium Consolida has been recommended 
Asthma. The seeds of Staves-acre (Delphinium Staphisa- 
gria) are violently emetic and cathartic, and, when chewed, 
stimulate the salivary glands. The leaves of Monks-hood 
or Wolfsbane (Aconitum Napellus), and of Aconitum panicu- 
latum, are narcotic and diuretic, and also diaphoretic, and 
have been used in rheumatism, gout, amaurosis, paralysis, 
&e. It is a very active medicine, and must be administered 
with great caution. The seeds of Peony (Peonia officin. 
alis) are emetic and cathartic—the root antispasmodic. 
Officinal Plants. 
- Ranunculus acris. Helleborus foetidus. — 
Ranunculus Flammula. Delphinium Staphisagria. 
_ Helleborus niger. Aconitum Napellus. 
Helleborus officinalis, paniculatum. 
uniform in its properties than any other in the vegetable 
kingdom. Ranunculus acris is a powerful acrid poison, and 
causes great irritation and inflammation of the ,intestinal 
amg and even death. Ranunculus bulbosus, ‘R. spar taae 
~The Bik, Bish, or Vish, of India, one of the 
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