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of violets green, and restores the blue of turnsole 
reddened by acids. Forms neutral salts, of an acrid and 
bitter taste, with sulphuric, nitric, hydrochloric, oxalic, 
acetic, and other a. Alkalies precipitate it, in form 
a white jelly. Orfila found 6 grains to kill a small dog 
more speedily fatal, when Delphia is dissolved in i 
acid, in which case it kills the animal in 40 or 50 minutes. 
Acts on the nervous system. Has not been used in medi- 
cine: the salts of the base should be tried. A good sub- 
ject, with the genus, for an inaugural dissertation. 
The same alkali doubtless exists in 2 and 3, of No. 225, 
and perhaps in other genera of the family Ranwnculacez, 
to which the genus inium belongs. ; 
No. 227.—Diacrypium. Diacrydium. 
A mixture of Aleppo Scammony (‘which is also called by this 
name) with a mucilage, and then evaporated. Itisintend- 
ed to sheathe the acridity of the Scammony, by this kind 
of comminglement in the evaporated extract, with a bland 
substance. 
~ Formula. R Scammony, 1{b, infused for 12 hours in juice 
of quinces, or mucilage of quince-seeds, and evaporated 
to dryness, 5 
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No. 228.—D1antuus Caryoruyiivs. Clove pink 
—Gillyflower—Clove carnation pink. 
Orricixat. Dianthi Caryophylli; flores. Edin. Caryophyl- 
lum rubrum; flores. Dub. Weeenl of Clove pink. : 
aia Spennen, Jeff. Coll. No. 262—figure of the plant, 
: The petals be this beautiful, fragrant, and favourite flower, 
are aromatic, like clove-spice, somewhat bitter, and sub- 
astringent ; formerly used in nervous hysteria; be as © 
good as saffron ; now only used to flavour and sy- 
rups containing active medicines, 
- Paarm. Puer. Syrupus Dianthi Caryophyllt. BE. D. 
Big ety Sei 
No. 229.—Diciratis purpurea. Foxglove—pur- 
_ ple Foxglove. aes 
Cl. 14. Ord 2. Didynamia Angiospermia. Nat. ord. Luri- 
dz, Linn. Serophularia, Juss. 
Cal. 5-parted. Cor. bell-shaped, 5-cleft, ventricose. Capsule 
ovate, 2-celled. > a j . 
Orricixat. Digitalis folia et semina. Lond. Folia. Dub. 
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