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he well known to the Arabs and Persians. According to 

 Dr. Stewart, the roots are used in Northern India as a 

 febrifuge. 



In Europe Mullein Las long had a reputation in 

 monary diseases of cattle, on wMcli account it bears ■ 



the pul- 



of Coiv's Lungwort. In Germany tbe plant is placed in grana- 

 ries to drive away mice. The stalks covered with pitch were 

 formerly used as flambeaux, from this practice the plant derived 

 its names of Oierae de Notre-Dame and Fleur de qrand Chandelier 



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The leaves and flowers 



are considered to be demulcent, diuretic, anodyne, and anti- 

 spasmodic;^ and have long been in use in diarrhoea and pulmonary 

 affections. An infusion of the flowers is used in France as a 

 diuretic, and a cataplasm of the leaves as an emollient. The 

 seeds are said to be narcotic, and to have been used in asthma 



inf 



Quinlan 



Med. Jouni.) drew attention to the popular use of the leaves 

 boiled in milk as a remedy for phthisical cough and diarrhoea in 

 Ireland, and stated that the plant was cultivated in gardens on 

 rather an extensive scale. He claims for it weight-increasing 

 and curative powers similar to those possessed by cod liver oil- 



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from 6 

 8 being 



more 



with 



soft, whitish, stellate hairs. They have a mucilaginous some- 

 what bitter taste, and a disagreeable odour when fresh, which is 



lost on drying. 



The flowers form a spike 6 to 10 inches in length, the corolla 



only is collected. It is from ^ to I inch in diameter 



yellow, 5-lobed, smooth above, and stellately tomentose 

 beneath; attached to the tnbn hta f.TiA atamPTis. of 



upper 



which the 

 orer and smooth. 

 The taste is mucilaginous and somewhat bitter. The plant 

 described by Haji Zein appears to be V. Blattaria, as he says 

 that the flowers have a purple eye. The 'odour of the flowers 



been compared with 



orns root. 



