Roulhj.] FABAt I 



ww :i Bartonia thai produced the mischii F 



Drummond the mischief was caused bj :i Gompholobium 



Nothing, bowevi r,more plainly indicates the venomous natui 



their being used as Bah poisons. The bark of the root of 1' I 



Jamaica tree, is a verj usual fish poison in Jamaica, 



narcotic and diaphoretic tincture. Man] Tephrosias are employed u 



especially T. toxicaria, the young branches of which, with th< 



sometimes mixed with quick-lime, are thrown into :i i 1 ■ 



and have an almost immediate effect. The t i — 1 1 an 



•j- it were intoxicated, and t'i rise t" the surface, floating there with their ; 



sii as to In- readily taken by the hand. It has \« en n marki 1 tliat the i 



recover gradually from the effects of the poison, bul that the younger fr} perihli. It 



has been suggested that the action of the plant upon the human sysU m ■ 



that of Digitalis, and might prove, in a climate where that plant 



desirable substitute. 



In addition t,. all tin Be uses, there is a long catalogui ployed f< ■ 



laneous purposes. Crotalaria juncea (Sun, Shunum, Taag, Bengal Hemp) furnit 

 coarse fibre called Bengal Hemp, from which bags and low-priced canvas i- la 

 prepared in India. Tin- volatile oil of Dipterix odorata, or Tonka Bean, 

 used bj the perfumi rs and makers of snuff, has been ascertained to contain .. 

 principle called Coumarin. It may be found in a crystallised state between thi 

 the kennl, and exists abundantly in the flowers of M< lilotus officinalis bj 

 latter of which rives its peculiar odour to the Chapziger cheese in Switzerland, and 



i,,| — 38 styptic properties, and to have relieved cases of M ly urine from in I 



contusion s. It is also employed in the preparation of an oily remedy for brai< 

 Phono. ■Town. 2. 128. A decoction of the root of [ndigofera tinctoria, m 

 effectually destroys vermin; the juice of the young branches mixed with hoi 

 recommended for aphthm of the mouth in children ; and Indigo in powder, sprinkled 

 on foul ulcers, is said to cleanse them. The disease in poultry, known in the West 

 Indies by the name of yaws, is cured by the application of a solution 

 means of :i rag. — Macfadg. Ft. Jam. 1. 251. Indigo is also used in epilepsy 

 erysipelas. Med. Qaz. xx. 172. The hairs of the pods of Mucuna pruriens, .\ -. 

 constitute the Bubstance called Cowitch, a mechanical anthelmintic Thi 

 Astragalus boaticus are employed in Germany as a substituti ■ A _ 



Bpecies are emollient. The leaves of Sesbania picta are highly es 

 Hindoos, on account of the virtues tiny are said to possess in hastening suppui 



"Inn applied in the form of a poultice, that i-, simply made warm, and I . with 



a little castor oil. The root of Pueraria tuberosa pel led and bruised u 



employed by the natives of the mountains when- it grows to redu f the 



joints. A decoction of Melilot is emollient, and is occasionally usi ;■ 



in lotions and enema-. A. decoction of th Is oi Trigonella FoenumGi 



greek) is used as an emollient, and poultices are made with their Hour, 1 I 

 veterinary medicine. 



1 5ALPINI1 



Purgative properti es are the great character of this Sub-< 

 remarkable product. The Senna of the -ho; g to D 



acutifoha, Cassia Senna, and Cynanchum Argel He says I 

 Arabia does not yield the Senna of commerce, but this statement 

 positive testimony of Porskhal. For the various quahtii - 

 to the Flora M d other works in which the subji ct is b 



there he found that many species yield this useful drag, 



(Pharm. Joum. .">. 584.), is not an Egyptian product, a- is usually : 



the Alexandrian supply coming from 1 tongola. Purgative | n 

 fruit Df Catbartocarpus Fistula and Ceratonia Siliqua,ai 

 served pulp of which is so well known asa delicious 

 eiana puh-herrima. Martial. Man] I eatable frail occur 



Order. Dialium indicum, also called the Tamarind Plum, 1 

 cate agreeable pulp, much less acid than the Tamarind. 

 Brown and Velvet Tamarinds in Sierra Leone. Cei 

 the Garob-tree, or Algaroba-bean, is consumed in the south 

 been imported into this country, it is suid with pro:-:. - 

 dry pulp in which the seeds are buried is verj nub 

 the food of St. John in the wilderni — . wherefore it is >-..!'■ . 



Bread. Singers are said to chew this fruit for the purpose • f u 

 Pharm. /own. 3. 79. The seeds of the Carob-tree arc said to 



ginal 



