802 ORD. Lil. Filices. aspienium tricnoManes. 
This plant we figure on the authority of the Edinburgh 
Pharmacopeeia. 
The leaves have a mucilaginous sweetish subastringent taste, 
without any particular flavour; they are esteemed useful in dis- 
orders of the breast, proceeding from a thickness and acrimony of 
the juices; and are likewise supposed to promote the expec- 
toration of tough phlegm, and to open obstructions of the viscera. 
They are usually directed in effusion or decoction, with the 
addition of a little liquorice. A syrup prepared from them, 
though it has now no place in our pharmacopeeias, is frequently 
to be met with in our shops, both as prepared at home and im- 
ported from abroad. A little of these syrups mixed with water 
“makes a very pleasant draught. The syrup brought from abroad 
has an admixture of orange flower-water.* 
* Ed, N, Dispens. p. 209. 
The other Medicinal Plants of this Order, are 
Systematic Names, OFFICINAL, 
Excuisn, 
Pteris aquilina Filix femina . Common Fern 
Adiantum capillus veneris Capillus veneris True Maidenhair 
Asplenium Ceterach Ceterach Common Spleenwort 
Asplenium ruta muraria Ruta muraria Wall-rue 
Equisetum arvense Equisetum Corn Horse-tail 
