POLYGALA SENIEGA. ORD. XXV. Lomentacee. Ads. 
not to be neglected. The repute which this root obtained in 
peripneumonic affections, induced some to employ it in other 
inflammatory disorders, in which it proved serviceable, particularly 
in rheumatism." It has also been prescribed with much success in 
dropsies,' and this we can the more easily credit from its effects 
in increasing the different secretions, for it is remarked that it 
produces a plentiful spitting, increases perspiration and urine, 
and frequently purges or vomits. It is likewise reported to be a 
medicine of great power, in rendering the siziness of the blood 
more fluid; De Haen however brings a strong fact to contradict 
this opinion.* The usual dose is from one scruple to two of the 
powder, or two or three spoonfuls of a decoction, prepared by 
boiling an ounce of the root in a pint and a half of water till it is 
reduced to one pint. 
» Comm. Noric. 1741. p. 362. Sarcone Geschichte d. Krankh, in Neapel, tom. 
d. p. 108, 169, 173, 199. And Dr. Cullen says, “ We have had some instances of 
its being useful, especially where it operated by producing sweat.’ M. M. vol. it. 
p- 533. ; 
i Bouvart. I. c. Mackenzie, Med. Obs. & Ing. col. ti. p. 288. See alse 
Percival, Essays, vol, a. 178. . 
? * Ratio Medend. P. 4. p- 252. | 
HEMATOXYLUM CAMPECHIANUM. LOGWOOD. 
SYNONYMA. Lignum Campechense. Pharm. Lond. & Edinb. 
Hamatoxylum spinosum, foliis pinnatis, racemis terminalibus. 
Browne’s Jam. 221. Lignum Campechianum, species quedam 
Brasil. Vide Sloane’s Jam. vol. 2. p. 183. Crista _pavonis 
Coronille folio secunda, sive tinctoria Indica, flore luteo race- 
moso minore, siliqua latissima glabra, lignum rubrum, Sappan 
dictum ferens.. Breyn. Prodr. 2. 37. Erythroxylum, sive 
