PENTANDRIA MOXOGINIA. 237 



w 

 f 



thanthecorolla, inserted into the tube between the segments, ^k- 

 Ihers oblong, cordate, 2 celled, yellow Germ superior, ovate. Stale 

 Ioniser than thecorolla, jointed near its base. Stis;ma simple, obtuse. 



Macb 



flowered in October, Avith obovate, obtuse, and somewhat vevticillate 

 Unvts; but on removing the root of the same plant to a different soil, 

 It bloomed the succeeding spring, and proved to be only an accideiital 



Besides its medical uses, the Spigelia merits a place in a flower 

 garden as an ornamental plant. 

 Grows in rich dry soils. 



Flowers Maj-J^ilj. _ Carolina fink. Fink-root. 



The use of tjiis plant as a medicine was learnt bj the early Settlers 

 ot tins fetate from the Indians. It is now in common use, both on 

 tni*. ana the eastern continent, as a remedy for worms in children, 

 ioe ftiiole plant is usually employed, but the root is believed to 



ive, 



the 



possess most power. 



eitW ';?^''^'^ ^■I'^ct is so uncertain, that it Is necessary to 



E;! • ""■ "'^^5'','^' '""'^ "'"'" ^^^'^'^ purgative. The taste ot the 

 S J' .s^veetish or insipid. The usual dose for a child of soven 



in 7u ' '! ''*'"^^ S'-ains of the powdered root. Most phy6icians 

 m this country combine calomel with it. ^ ^ 



he bpi^eliaoften acts as a narcotic or sedative, inducing stupor: 

 Z. '/•'r^'^ seldom or never attended with dan-erf indeed 

 "»DJ physicians consider it as an evidence of the favourable opera- 

 2, A ! medicine. It has been falsely ascribed to the roots of 

 m\ h5 wk"' P^^"*' *^''^" "P ^"^'^ *^^"^« «^ the Spigelia. The 



morp fU J '^^ generally pointed out as such, prove to be nothing 

 e*t)^r;-,n "" decayed roots of the Pi.ik, which are alwavs visible, 

 ^Fciaiiy in spring, the usual time of collecting this article". 



OPHIORRHIZA. Gen. tl. 273. 



JovoUa iufundibulifor- I Corolla funnel .sliaped 

 nis Germen 2.fidiim. Germ 2 cleft. Stwma, 

 ^mata 2. Fvuctus bi- ! 2. Fruit 2 lobed. 



lobus 



Mi 



^ 0. foliis ovatis 



Leaves ovate, sessile, 



J. ''»«ioiiiiousscariosis. | with the margins scari- 



s 



I ous. 



An,m J; P.V?2?- , Mich. 1. p. 148., 



oJ;,-'/ ^'••^^''- Walt.p. 108. ^ 

 "• «vat,foha, Muhl. Cat. 



'P'^'^'y b?auched^? 1'^'*' '^-^^ '''''^'^^ ^''S^' s«'"ewhat square, 



■^ 'auched,scabrous near the summit,smooth below. Lavel 



^^ 



