RUM—SAB- po 
Bitter ; used as an See when ~~ aiea 
louring matter tinges the bones. Dose, grs, xy g 35 
‘three or four times a day. I cannot believe ir! it is emmena- 
gogue, but by its tonic property. 
No. 466.—_Rumex. Dock. 
- Species 1—RUMEX BRITANICA, — 
Synonym—Rumex 
Root officinal, by Dub. and U.S. 
eshte a Jeff. Coll. No. 620—figure of the plant, 
0. 1 
Powerfully astringent. 
Species 2—RUMEX ORTUSIFOLIUS. Blunt-leayed Dock. 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 621°. 
Officinal, in Phar, U.S. Similar in virtues. ~ 
Species 3—-RUMEX ACETOSA. Common Sorrel. (Called 
Sheep’s Sorrel.) 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 622—figure of the plant, 
No. 623. 
The leaves officinal, by the Lond. and Edin. Colleges. 
Acid, austere ; contain super-oxalate of potass—considered 
antiscorbutic. 
= The Water Dock. 
No. 467.—Ruta Graveorens. Common Rue. 
Cabinet specimens, Jeff. Coll. Nos. 624 and 625—figure of 
the plant, No. 626. 
An ancient medicine, to this day officinal, by L. E. and D. 
Yields an essential oil, and an extract, both .officinal, as 
above, but left out of Phar. U. S, Only used now in do- 
_ mestic practice. A plant of the s song, and, with 
rosemary, have afforded some melancholy touches, in the 
strains which embrace them: Shakspeare' s Ophelia affords 
an example. 
Ss. 
No -468.—Sasine FOLIA. Savin ee See No. 
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