Dutch oil is of a reddish colour, and 
fiery, Owing, it is supposed, to the presence of some of 
the resin of cloves extracted by oI. - Vauquelin ob- 
tained an oil, resembling clove oil, from the leaves of Aga- 
thophyllum ravensara. The best cloves are frequently 
‘mixed, by the Dutch, with, those from which they tase. 
extracted the oil. ig 
Mepicat Propertizs ann Uses. Aromatic, stimulant; given: 
in dyspepsia, attended with sensation of coldness in the sto~ 
mach ; in atonic gout; combined with tonics, in autumnal 
fevers. The oil is used as a corrigent to griping purgative 
extracts—as a local application for tooth-ache. 
Puarm. ei Infusum el aan ci L. Sees Lavend. 
comp. D 
No. asocebiuy eroarie, Hempweed. 
Cl. Syngenesia. Ord. Polygamia zqualis. Corymbifere, Foss. 
Four indigenous species medicinal— 
Eupatorium perfoliatum. 
maculatum. 
purpureum. 
teucrifolium. 
No. 250.—EupaToRIUM PERFOLIATUM. Boheset. 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Col. No. 278—figure of the plant, 
No. 279. 
For a full account, see W. P. C. Barton’s Veg. Mat. Med. 
U. S. Vol. II. and Ives’ edition of Paris’s Pharm. 
No. 251.—-EupaTorium MACULATUM. Spotted-stem- 
med Eupatorium. 
See W. P. C. Barton’s Flora of North America, Vol, 1H. 
plate 103. 
Cabinet w frei Jeff. Col. No. 280—figure of the eet, 
No. 281 
‘No. 252,—EuPpATORIUM PURPUREUM. Radix. Phar. 
U.S. Gravel root. 
~ No. 253.—Evupratorium Trevcrirotium. Wild hore- 
hound——Germander-leaved Eupatorium. 
-Herba, 4 
See Ives’ edition of Paris’s Pharm. and W. P.C. Barton’s aoe 
Comp. Fl. Ph. Vol. 11, under that name. — LS 
The whole of this extensive genus is, I think, well worth : 
investigation. There are 14 species growing “aon afew 
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