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saae, with somewhat of its smell ; the blossoms are red, and 

 the ripe seeds are wafted by their down with the wind. 



The fox-leaf is used in fomentations, and applied otftward- 

 ly in sore throats. 



The putrid sore throat is at this time (July) epidemic, and 

 has proved fatal to many, particularly to children. I find 

 my neighbouring practitioners treat the disorder, by frequent 

 bleedings, purges, blisters, and the bark : these, instead of 

 relieving, generally hurry the patient off' the stage. I am 

 happy in being successful by a small single bleeding, very 

 gentle laxatives or glysters, a constant use of antimonial wine, 

 gargles of infusion of roses and lime-juice with common salt; 

 I suffer no nurse either to use the finger, or a stick with a rag, 

 to wash their tender throats : in a few days the white slough 

 separates, and the cure is finished by the bark. 



SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA NECESSARIA. 



128. Coreopsis bidens, L. — Spanish-Necdhweed. 



This plant has herbaceous stems, compound dark-green 

 leaves ; flowers very like camomile, and numerous needle-like 

 seeds. It grows in fences, and shady places ; has a strong 

 turpentine smell, and is used by the common people in ptisans 

 and glysters for nephritic disorders, and in bellyachs attended 

 with strangury. 



MONCECIA MONANDRIA. 



129. Cynomorium Jamaicense, Sn: 



This plant is found in woodlands, in the months of April 



