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+r apaneamecaed sates ¢ The juices of these purgatives. 
12. ————— Prasiliensis. Sea-side potato-slip. Root, in i 
_._ decoetion, purgative ; yields a kind of Scammony. B 
3, Convoloulus scoparius, African lignum Rhodium. Wood 
ed hard, white, radiately streaked; raspings have the 
*__gcent of roses ; distilled for its oil, called the Oil of 
3 Sys ss Stir also as an « hi 5 z 
lus Papirin. Root a drastic purgative. 
he s. Root cathartic. 
——— macrorhizos. Roots used as purgative. 
macrocarpus, Roots used as purgativ €. 
- maritimus. Roots purgative. _ 
No, 185.—Convotvutus ScamMontra. Scammony 
eee _bind-weed. The concrete juice of the root. 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 208—figure of the plant, 
Na Ob af conte toe atte 21 : 
Orrictnat. Scammoniz gummi resina. Lond. Edin, Scam- 
monum; gummi resina. Dub. Scammony. 
Synonyms—Convolvulus Syriacus. (Morris’s Hist.) 
jum Syriacum. ( Gerard.) 
Supposed to be the Sey, tt. of Diosorides, 
and the Aaxgud sy of Trallian, and other Greek 
: authors. See 
Specific character. Convolvulus foliis sagittatis postice trun- 
catis, pedunculis teretibus sub-irifloris. 
Grows plentifully about Maraash, Antioch, Edlib; and. to- 
wards Tripoli, in Syria. : 
Root fusiform, from 3 to 4 feet long, and from 9 to 12 inches 
in circumference, covered with bark of a light grey colour, 
and is perennial ; it is branched towards the bottom, and 
every part of it contains a milky juice. 
Stems numerous, slender, twining, and spread themselves 
on the or climb on neighbouring shrubs or trees, 
to the extent of 15 or 20 feet. 
__ Leaves arrow-shaped, smooth, of a bright green colour, and 
supported Sr gern oF 
Flowers funnel-shaped, yellowish, plicated, supported in 
sac Ned | ets in each row, 
Capsules, 3, and often ocular, containing pemniciosls 
A native, besides the places mentioned, of many parts of 
teen oe Pe ee ar? 
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