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346. LOBELIA INFLATA, L. 



a. Herb. 



b. Ditto, commercial specimen. 



c. Seed. See P. J. [1], vol. xi., p. 119. 



\nti-. Specimen b is a portion of a rectangular cake, as compressed by 

 the Shakers of the United States. The herb, and more especially the 

 seeds, of Lobelia iqflata are largely nsed by the Eclectics in America and 

 by herbalists in this country as an emetic and expectorant. The flat cap- 

 soles readily distinguish ft from other drugs similar in appearance. See 

 Bentley and Redwood, Mat. Med., 1874, pp. 676-680. For active principles 

 see P. J. vol. x., pp. 270, 456. Caustic alkalies decompose Lobelina. 

 Wood and Bache, p. 519. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 162. 



347. LOBELIA SYPHILITICA, L. 



a. Herb. 



Note. This plant possesses diuretic and antisyphilitic properties. 

 Bee Amer. Dispent., p. 494. 



ERICACEAE. 



348. ARCTOSTAPHTLOS UvA-TJRSi, Spreng. (Bearberry, Upland Cran- 



berry.) 

 a. Leaves. 



Note. The leaves of Vaccinium Vitis Idaea are sometimes mixed with 

 Bearberry leaves, but are distinguished by having crenated revolute 

 margins and by being dotted underneath. Bearberry leaves are obovate ; 

 Box leaves are oval, and have the epidermis loose and separable on the 

 underside of the leaf. See Bentley and Hedwood, Mat. Med., p. 675. 

 Pharmacographia, p. 359. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 163. 



349. GAULTHERIA PROCUMBENS, L. (Wintergreen, Partridge Berry, 



Checkerberry, Deerberry, Boxberry, Teaberry, Mountain Tea.) 



a. Leaves. 



b. Volatile oil. (Oil of Wintergreen.) 



Note. The leaves are used as an astringent in mucous discharges. 

 The volatile oil is remarkable for being a natural salieylate of methyl. 

 The same compound occurs in the bark of Betulalenta, L. and the leaves, 

 etc., of Andromeda Lesehenaultii. See Amer. Dispens., p. 377. In 

 American commerce the oil has been found adulterated with chloroform 

 and oil of sassafras. For detection of these, see P. J. [3] , vol iv., p. 431. 

 For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 164. 



PYROLACE^E. 



350. CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA, Pursh. ; CHIMAPHILA CORTMBOSA, Pursh. 



(Pipsissewa, Wintergreen, Prince's Pine, Ground Holly.) 

 a. Leaves and shoots. 



Note. The leaves were official in the Ph. L. of 1836 and 1851, and ar- 

 still official in the United States Pharmacopoeia. They possess diuretic 

 and tonic properties. Amer. Dispent., p. 214. See Bentley and Trimen, 

 Med. Plants, tab. 165. 



