A26 ORD. XXIV. Papilionacee. DOLICHOS PRURIENS. 
Chamberlaine,* to which a number of cases is subjoined, and to 
which great additions lately have been made on various and 
indubitable authorities, proving the Cowhage to be not less suc- 
cessful here than in the warmer climates of which it is a native; 
and that all the different kinds of worms, known to infest the 
primz viz, have been expelled by this anthelmintic. 
The manner in which these hairy spicule act as a vermifuge, 
seems to be purely mechanical; for neither the tincture, nor the 
decoction, possesses the least anthelmintic power.‘ 
* Practical treatise on the efficacy of Stizolobium or Cowhage, published in 
1785. As the Cowhage is seldom to be met with at the druggists, Mr. C. informs 
those who wish to give it a trial, that it is to be had at his house in Aylesbury 
street, Clerkenwell. 
§ The following experiment, made by Mr. Chamberlaine, illustrates this opinion: 
« A calabash, full of very large worms of the ¢eres kind, im full vigour, voided by 
a poor emaciated patient, was brought tome. Among these, { sprinkled some of 
the sete. For a minute or two no visible effect was produced; but in a little ‘ime 
they began to writhe and twist themselves in an unusual manner, and exhibited 
evident signs of extreme torture. 1 took one of the worms, and viewing it through 
a magnifying glass, perceived that several of the sete had pierced very deep, and 
others were sticking loosely in various parts of its body, but that none of the 
spicule, which had once entered into the skin, dropped off.” L. c. 
TRIGONELLA FQZENUM GRACUM. FENUGREEK.. 
: ee ee 
SYNONYMA. Foenum grecum. Pham. Lond. & Edinb. 
Gerard. Emac. p. 1196. Raii. Hist. p. 954. . Foenum Grecum 
sativum. Bauh. Pin. p. 348. Medicago leguminibus subsolitariis 
sessilibus erectis reflexo-falcatis acuminatis. Hort. Cliff. p. 376. 
Class Diadelphia. Ord. Decandria. Lin. Gen. Plant. 898. 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Vexillum et Ale subzequales, patentes, forma corolla 
3-petale. | 
