88 



340. CHUQUIRAGUA INSIGNIS, H. B. 



a. Leaves and young shoots. 



Note. This specimen is labelled, "Highly prized by the Indians, 

 who use a decoction at the commencement of any kind of fevers." It 

 came from Columbia. See P. 7. [2] , vol. xi., p. 66. 



341. CICHORIUM INTTBUS, L. (Chicory.) 



a. Boot, roasted. 

 &. Root, roasted, ground. 

 Note. For detection of Chicory in powder, see note under Coffee. 



342. LACTUCA VIROSA, L. (Wild Lettuce.') 



a. Herb. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 160. 

 &. Inspissated juice. (Lactucarium.) 



Note. This plant may be distinguished from other Composite by its 

 narrow capitulum. It rarely occurs in the west of England, but is not 

 uncommon in the south-eastern counties. P. J. [3] , vol. i., p. 883. 

 For Lactucarium, see P. J. [1] , vol. vii., p. 74 ; Pharmacographia, p. 354. 

 For Syrup of Lactucarium, P. J". [1], vol. iv., p. 432. 



343. LIATRIS SPICATA, Willd. (Button Snakeroot, Gay Feather, Devil's 



Bit.} 

 a. Root. 



Note The root is used in North America for gonorrhoea and kidney 

 diseases, etc. It possesses diuretic properties. Wood and B ache, Dispens., 

 p. 481. In this country Scabiosa succisa, L., is known as Devil's Bit. 



344. TARAXACUM DENS-LEONIS, Desf. (Dandelion^ 



a. Root, preserved wet. Two specimens. 



&. Ditto, dried. 



c. Mannite, obtained from the root. Presented by T. and 



H. Smith. P. J. [1], vol. viii., p. 480. 



Note. The root should not be kept more than a year, as it soon be- 

 comes worm-eaten. The roots contain more taraxacin and less inulin 

 and caoutchouc in the spring than in the autumn. P. J. [3] , vol. i., p. 882. 

 The yield of extract is least in April and greatest in October. P. J. [1] , 

 vol. x., p. 446; and P. J. [2], voL i., 402. The root of the Bough 

 Hawkbit (Apargia hispida, Willd.) is sometimes mixed with Dandelion 

 root. It is pale externally, with a wrinkled surface, and does not break 

 easily. The leaves also are hairy and the flower-stalk branched. \P. J. 

 [1] , vol. xi., p. 107. For extract and liquor see P. J. [2] , vol. i., p. 401. 

 For adult, &c., see P. J. [1] , vol. xvi., p. 304, with figs. For. fig. of 

 plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 159. 



LOBELIACE^J. 



345. LOBELIA DECURRENS, Cav. 



a. Herb. Presented by Mr. D. Hanbury. 



Note. This specimen is from near Arequipa in Peru. It is used by 

 the Indians in doses of 1 to 3 grains in nervous fever, and as an emetic. 

 See P. J. [1] , vol. xiii., p. 14. 



