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further cultivation, especially since we are suffering from the potato 

 rot, as it is quite as nourishing, it is supposed, as the potato. 



8T. Cassia. Seventy-five species ; 10, 1, L. 



Cassia Marylandica. American senna; wild senna. Off. All 

 the species of senna are simply cathartic, though some operate more 

 powerfully than others ; and they are apt to occasion griping, unless 

 qualified by the seeds of anise, caraway, &c. ' The American senna 

 is not so powerful as the East Indian, or Alexandrian ; the latter is 

 much the better. The dose of the American senna is one ounce in 

 decoction. A tea of the leaves makes an excellent enema. Senna 

 enters into many of our compounds ; as, the senna electuary. 



88. Lupinus perennis. Common lupine. The seeds are bitter 

 and tonic. 



89. Trifolium. Eighty-five species; IT, 10, L. 



Trifolium arvense. Clover; field clover. The flower contains a 

 good deal of honey. The blossoms of 



90. Trifolium repens, white clover, were once used in gout. 

 They are moderately astringent. The steamers make a salve of the 

 heads of red clover, which they use in the cure of cancer. 



91. Melilotus. Two species; 17, 10, L. 



Melilotus officinalis. Melilot; melilot clover. Sec. This plant 

 has a peculiar flavour resembling that of the Tonquin bean, and it 

 has been used for the same purpose to scent snuff. It is pectoral 

 and demulcent, and is employed for dysuria, coughs, and leucor- 

 rhoea. It is also used in emollient poultices. The melilot is a prin- 

 cipal ingredient in Kitteridge's celebrated bone ointment. 



ORDER 78. URTICACE^. 



92. Urtica dioica. Stinging nettle ; 20, 4, L. This plant is anti- 

 scorbutic, diuretic, and astringent. It has been supposed to have 

 some efficacy in consumptive complaints; but its power must be 

 feeble in this respect. A writer in the Boston Mercantile Journal 

 values it highly as one of the most valuable styptics known. It is a 

 healthy pot herb. Its sting is one of the most irritating known. 

 The following lines are not inapplicable to it. 



