Mepicat Prorertrzs axp Usrs. Emollient, used in fric- 
tions. 
No. 178.—Correa Arapica. The Coffee tree. 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 200. 
Yields the well-known seed of the berry, and beverage. The 
medicinal virtues have been greatly extolled by Sir John 
Floyer, as a remedy for asthma. _ It is an improper beve- 
rage for females suffering with menorrhagia ; which I 
ee till it was abandoned. The 
pimples on the face, which annoy young girls, frequently — 
2 Sot ola casa al the intemperate use. 
coffee. : 
No. 179.—CotcnicuM AUTUMNALE. Meadow saf- 
fron—Naked lady. The root and seeds. 
Class, Hexandria. Order, Trigynia. Nat. ord. Spathacea, 
Linn. Juncei, Juss. 
—— specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 201—figure of the plant, _ 
No. 202. e 
Orricrnat. Colchici radix et semina. Lond. Colchict au- 
tumnalis radix. Edin. Colchicum, radia primo vere = 
jam apparentibus. The root of Meadow ' z 
autumnale; radix. U.S. The root of Meadow Saffron. 
Root, a solid succulent bulb, marked by a dentiform process 
at the bottom, where the radicles are attached. It is co- 
vered with a brown us sheath, or i 
which, being removed, shows the naked 
and of the appearance of polished ivory. This bulb is 
oblong, and marked always on one of its sides semi- 
The flower is solitary; arises immediately from the root, by 
a tube a span in length, curving towards the limb of the 
corolla, which is — into six lanceolate oo purple 
segments, somewhat spreading. It appears in the autumn, 
set the leaves have decayed—and hence the names, as 
ove. i 
Leaves numerous, all radical, lanceolate, sub-obtuse ; one, ae 
two, or rarely three, much Jonger and narrower than the _ 
others, These may be considered as bracts, not true leaves, 
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