* VITEX AGNUS CASTUS, ORD. XX. Personaie. 375 
Acanthus mollis. The two first are both natives of this country, 
and known by the names of Great or knobby-rooted Figwort, and 
Water Figwort. They have an ungrateful smell, resembling that 
of the Linaria, and like it also have been chiefly employed, with a 
view to their sedative and antiphlogistic effects, as an application 
to hemorrhoidal tumours. The synonyma of the Avicennia tomen- 
tosa Syst. Veg. are Bontia germinans Sp. Pl. Bontia foliis subtus 
tomentosis. Jacg. Sel. Stirp. Amer. Anacardium orientale off. 
The Malacca Bean. 
Jacquin, however, contrary to the opinion of Linneus, thinks 
that this tree, which is a native of both Indies, does not produce 
the Malacca Bean, but that the parent of this fruit is still unde- 
scribed. It may also be added, that the medicinal qualities of 
Anacardium orientale are not yet sufficiently ascertained. 
Acanthus mollis, Smooth Acanthus, or Bear’s-breech, or Branca 
ursina, of the foreign pharmacopeeias, is a native of Italy and 
Sicily ; and, as containing a mucilaginous matter, has been recom- 
mended in the character of an emollient and demulcent; but we 
do not find any instances of its efficacy recardcy. . 
