Chap. 97.] THE MTREHTS. 61 



water, and then beaten up with the addition of oil of roses, 

 arrest the growth of corrosive ulcers. But there is one very- 

 marvellous fact connected with this plant — it is quite sufficient 

 to touch the sexual parts of any female animal with it to cause 

 its instantaneous death. 



CHAP. 95. THE MILLEFOLIUM OR MTBIOPHYLLON ; SEVEN 



REMEDIES. 



The myriophyllon/^ by our people known as the "mille- 

 folium " has a tender stem, somewhat similar to fennel-giant 

 in appearance, with vast numbers of leaves, to which circum- 

 stance it is indebted for its name. It grows in marshy lo- 

 calities, and is remarkably useful for the treatment of wounds. 

 It is taken in vinegar for strangury, affections of the bladder, 

 asthma, and falls with violence ; it is extremely efficacious also 

 for tooth- ache. 



In Etruria, the same name is given to a small meadow- 

 plant,'^ provided with leaves at the sides, like hairs, and par- 

 ticularly useful for wounds. The people of that country say 

 that, applied with axle-grease, it will knit together and unite 

 the tendons of oxen, when they have been accidentally severed 

 by the plough-share.'* 



CHAP. 96. THE PSEUBOBtTNION ! FOUR REMEDIES. 



The pseudobunion'^ has the leaves of the turnip, and grows 

 in a shrub-like form, about a palm in height; the most 

 esteemed being that of Crete. For gripings of the bowels, stran- 

 gury, and pains of the thoracic organs, some five or six sprigs 

 of it are administered in drink. 



CHAP. 97. THE MTRRHIS, MTRIZA, OR MYRRHA : SEVEN 



REMEDIES. 



The myrrhis,"^^ otherwise known as the myriza or myrrha, 



'- Or *' ten thousand leaves." The Myriophylliimspicatum of Linnaeus, 

 according to most authorities, though Fee considers it very doiibtful. 



'•'■^ Possibly the Achillea millefolium of Linnaeus, our milfoil or yarrow. 

 It is still said to have the property of healing wounds made by edge-tools, 

 for which reason it is known in Franca as the " carpenter's plant." 



"* This assertion, as Fee remarks, is more than doubtful. 



'^ " B.'istard turnip." Desfontaines identifies it with the Eunium aro- 

 maficura; Fee queries whether if may not be the Pimpinella tenuis of 

 Sieber, found in Crete. The Berberi* vul<i:aris has been also suggested. 



'^ Desfontaines identifies it with the Scaudixodorata of Linnaeus. liar- 



