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180. Verbascum. Twenty-seven species; 5, 1, L. 



Verbascum thapsus. Mullein. Off. This plant is slightly nar- 

 cotic, anodyne and emollient. It was in early use by the fathers of 

 our profession, and was much extolled by Woodville, Home, Bergius, 

 Withering, and many otners, in diarrhoea, dysentery, piles, &c. 



ORDER 220. VERBENACE^I. 



181. Verbena. Twenty-one species ; 14, 1, L. Sec. 



Verbena hastata. Purple vervain. Sec. The vervain was former- 

 ly used in sacrificial rites, and in the superstitions of the day. In 

 later times, it has been used as a cataplasm, by which the most 

 severe and obstinate cases of cephalalgia are said to have been 

 cured. It is bitter, emetic, and expectorant, and is much used as 

 an ingredient in syrups for coughs, consumptions, &c. The steamers 

 think this plant almost equal to the lobelia as an emetic. 



182. Verbena urticifolia. Nettle-leaved vervain. Sec. This 

 plant has been employed with advantage in poisoning from the 

 poison sumach. It is prepared by boiling it with the inner bark of 

 the white oak. Thus prepared, it is used in erysipelas. 



183. Lycopus ; 2, 1, L. 



Lycopus Virginicus. Water agrimony ; bugle. Sec. In a paper, 

 upon this subject, published in the New York Journ. of Med. and 

 Surg. for 1846, I have spoken of this plant as being one of the 

 most valuable styptics we possess in our vegetable materia medica. 



184. Monarda. Eight species, 2, 1, L. 



Monarda oblongata. Mountain balm ; or, mountain mint. Off. 

 The monardas are allied to the melissas. They are tonic, febrifuge, 

 nervine, antiseptic, and anti-emetic. 



185. Hedeoma. Three species ; 14, 1, L. 



Hedeoma pulegioides. Pennyroyal ; squaw mint. Off. This is 

 a stimulating, aromatic carminative. It is a most powerful emmena- 

 gogue, and very much in popular use for suppression of the menses. 



186. Oollinsonia. Four species ; 2, 1, L. 



Collinsonia Oanadensis. Horse-balm ; horse-weed ; rich-weed, 

 &c. The whole plant has an aromatic, balsamic smell, somewhat 

 resembling that species of sage called herb clary. It is carminative 



