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54. Arnica. 



(PLATE XXXIL) 



Among the mountain-pastures, but not until a consider- 

 able height has been reached, may be seen an orange-yellow 

 flaunting flower, with its petals generally in disorder, and 

 having somewhat the appearance of a small Sunflower. 

 The stems are from one to two feet high, with one or two 

 pairs of leaves on them, and bear a single flower, more 

 rarely several, with a downy hairy calyx. The root-leaves 

 surround the stem ; they are smooth above, downy beneath. 

 This, A. montana (Fig. 54), is the plant from which the 

 well-known Arnica is made, so much used in cases of 

 bruises and inflammation. The newly-gathered plant is 

 sufficiently pungent to provoke sneezing. In some parts of 

 Switzerland, near Miirren, for example, it may be seen 

 lying in bundles under the broad roofs of the chjilets 

 to dry. The country people often use it instead of tobacco, 

 and call it " the tobacco of the Savoyards.^' Maderaner 

 Thai, Ormond-dessus, Pilatus, Valley of Urseren, Rigi, &c. 



