236 LEGUMINOS^E 



melilotic (hydrocumaric) acid, having a honey -like odor. An infusion is used 

 as a stimulant and antispasmodic in whooping-cough, but it is generally used 

 as a local anodyne in poultices. 



243. TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE Linne (Trifolium, N.F.). The flowering tops of 

 this, our common red clover, are now being used quite extensively as an altera- 

 tive; they are also deobstruent and sedative in whooping-cough. 



243 a. TRIFOLIUM REPENS. WHITE CLOVER. The tops are used in whooping- 

 cough and other spasmodic affections, in the form of infusion. 



244. STYLOSANTHES ELATIOR Swartz. PENCIL FLOWER. This herb is much 

 used in domestic practice as a uterine sedative and tonic. The fluidextract 

 is notjmiscible with water. Dose of fluidextract: 10 to 20 131 (0.6 to 1.3 mils). 



GALEGA, N.F. GOAT'S RUE. The herb of Galega officinalis Linn6. 

 Europe. Recently introduced. An erect glabrous perennial, about three 

 feetjhigh. Leaves alternate, oddly pinnate, and stipulate; stipules lanceolate; 

 leaflets smooth, lanceolate, and mucronate. Flowers in loose, axillary racemes 

 longer than the leaves; blue, appearing in June or July. Preparation: Fluid- 

 extract. Properties: Vermifuge, nervous stimulant, galactagogue. In ty- 

 phoid^conditions diuretic and tonic. Dose: 15 to 20 minims. 



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FIG. 127. Cytisus scoparius Flowering branch and pod. 



246. SCOPARIUS, N.F. SCOPARIUS 

 BROOM 



The dried tops of Cyti'sus scopa'rius (LinnS) Link. Habitat: Europe and Asia. 



DESCRIPTION OF DRUG. Thin, flexible, branched twigs, pentangular and'winged, 



nearly smooth, and of a dark greenish-brown color; as found in the market 



