6 



29. BERBERIS LYCIUM (continued). 



b. Extract of the bark. (Rusot.) 



Note. The root bark is official in the Indian Pharmacopoeia. The 

 Eusot, or watery extract, is used in India as a febrifuge and as an 

 application to the eyes. Ind. Pharm., p. 12. P. J. [1], vol. iii., p. 415; 

 vol. xiii., p. 413. P. J. 2] , vol. vii., p. 303. Pharmacographia, p. 33. 

 For fig. of B. aristata, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 16. 



30. CAULOPHYLLUM THALICTROIDES, Mich. 



a. Rhizome. (Blue Cohosh, Squaw Root.) 

 Note. It is used in America as a uterine tonic by the Eclectic prac- 

 titioners and in domestic practice. P. J. [2] , vol. iv., p. 52. 



31. JEFFERSONIA DIPHYLLA, Pers. (Twin Leaf.) 



a. Rhizome. (Rheumatism Root.) 



Note. Used by the Eclectics as a stimulant and diaphoretic in rheu- 

 matism and syphilitic affections. The leaf offers an instance of the 

 binate form, hence its name of '" twin leaf." P. J. [2] , vol. iv., p. 104. 

 American Dispens., p. 459. 



32. PODOPHYLLUM PELTATUM, L. (May Apple, Wild Lemon, Black 



Cohosh, Racoon Berry.) 



a. A Rhizome. (American Mandrake Root.) 



b. Resin (" Podophyllin"). 



P. J. [1] , vol. xviii., p. 179 ; [2] , vol. iii., pp. 331-457 ; [2] , vol. vi., 

 pp. 155-244 ; [3] , vol. i., p. 605 ; [3] , vol. iii., p. 161. For fig. of plant, 

 see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 17. 



NELUMBIACEJ3. 



33. NELUMBHJM SPECIOSUM, Willd. 



a. Fruit. 



Note. The fruit is remarkable on account of the carpels being 

 immersed in the thalamus. The seeds are edible, and have been sup- 

 posed to be the lotus beans of Egypt. Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 276, and 

 fig. 649. Treas. Bot., p. 781. 



SARRACENIACE^E. 



34. SARRACENIA PURPUREA, L. (Side-saddle flower.) 



a. Rhizome. 



b. Rhizome and leaves. 



c. Perfect leaves. Presented by Mr. F. H. Peck. 



Note. The rhizome was at one time stated to be a specific for 

 small-pox, but was found to be useless. The leaves (c) present an 

 example of the ascidium, or pitcher. P. J. [2] , vol. iv., p. 294. Bentley, 

 Man. Bot., p. 175, fig. 383. 



PAPAVERACE^. 



35. ARGEMOKE MEXICAKA, L. 



a. Seeds. 



b. Oil expressed from ditto. 



Note. The oil has been recommended to be taken in the early stage 

 of cholera. P. J. [1] , vol. xii., p. 292 ; [1] , vol. xiii., p. 642. 



