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nullam evacuationem promovet. Sed iis convenit, qui frigida 
‘sunt temperiei & sero scatentes, speciatim in hydrope, anasarca, 
& cachexia.” M.M. In the Pharmacopceias, we have Jalap in the 
form of tincture and of extract; and the Edinburgh College direct 
it also in powder, with twice its weight of the crystals of tartar, 
The dose of the simple powder is commonly from one scruple to 
two; of the compound powder it may be double this quantity, 
which is nearly equal to 10 or 15 grains of the extract, or about 
two drams of the tincture. 
LOBELIA SIPHILITICA. BLUE LOBELIA : Or, 
CARDINAL-FLOWER. 
SYNONY.MA. Tobelia. Pharm. Edinb. Rapunculus Ameri- 
canus, flore dilute ceruleo. D, Dodart Memoires, &c. p. 297, 
Rapunculus gal satus virginianus, flore violaceo majore. Morrison 
Hist. t. ii. p. 466. Lobelia siphilitica caule erecto levi, foliis lato 
lanceolatis serratis incisis utringue acuminatis, floribus ceruleis, 
Walter Flora Carolin. p. 218. Conf. Kalmii descriptio largior in 
K. Vet. Acad. Handl. p. 284. and Bariram’s Appendix, containing 
descriptions, virtues, and uses of sundry planis, &c. 
Class Syngenesia. Ord. Monogamia. Lin. Gen. Plant. 1006, 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Cal. 5-fidus. Corolla 1-petala, irregularis. Capsula 
infera, 2—s. 3-locularis. 
Sp. Ch. Caule erecto, foliis ovato-lanceolatis subserratis, calycum 
sinubus reflexis, 
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