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41. CoMearia. Twelve species known ; 15, 2, L. 



Cocldearia armoracia. Horseradish. Off. This is a warm stimu- 

 lant rubefacient. In addition to the other properties of it mentioned 

 by writers on the subject, an infusion of it in milk, and sweetened 

 with honey, is a most efficacious gargle for hoarseness. 



42. Cocldearia officinalis. 15, 2, L. Scurvy grass. Off. Similar 

 in its properties to horseradish ; used in chronic obstructions of the 

 viscera, in the scurvy, and in chronic rheumatism. A healthy, early 

 salad. The infusion of the plant in wine, or the juice of it, is a good 

 application in spongy gums. By distillation, alcohol is impregnated 

 with its virtues, and the distilled spirit is useful in paralysis. (Wood 

 and Bache.) The fresh root is purgative, and has been used after 

 poisoning by corrosive sublimate. 



43. TMaspi bursae pastoris. Shepherd's purse. 



44. Dentaria diphylla. Tooth root. 



45. Oardamine Pennsylvanica. 



46. Draba verna. All the above possess properties similar to 

 the cochlearias. 



ORDER 10. FUMARACEJE. 

 Fumaria. Thirty species ; 17, 18, L. 



47. Fumaria officinalis. Fumitory. Sec. This plant is tonic, 

 bitter, and antiscorbutic. It is in extensive use for cutaneous erup- 

 tions. Its virtues principally reside in the dried plant. It has 

 been said to cure the epilepsy. A notorious empiric directs to pour 

 two quarts of boiling water on two ounces of the dried plant, and he 

 uses it in all foul eruptions of the skin, by letting the patient drink 

 constantly of it, and washing the parts freely with it. For a sto- 

 machic, infuse two ounces of the dried leaves and plant in three 

 pints of Madeira wine, rum, or brandy, of which the dose is a wine- 

 glassful of the wine, or a tablespoonful of the spirit three times a 

 day, on an empty stomach. 



ORDER 11. CAPPARIDE^. 



48. Oleome. Twenty-four species known ; 15, 2, L. 



