124 m THE USES OF PLANTS. 



Singapore, yields ClTRONELLA OIL ; A. citratus, DC, 

 LEMON GRASS OIL, or OIL OF VERBENA, grown 

 throughout India, and A.Schcenanthus, L., non Wallich, 

 OIL OF GERANIUM, produced in Northern and Cen- 

 tral India. These essential oils, used medicinally in 

 India, are imported to a considerable extent as per- 

 fumes, the latter being a frequent adulterant of Attar 

 of Rose.* 



CONIFERS. 



Juniperus Sabina, L., SAVIN, a native of Southern 

 Europe, contains in its young green shoots an oil 

 resembling turpentine, which is a powerful uterine 

 stimulant. The berries of the common JUNIPER (/. 

 communtSy L.), a British shrub, are reputed diuretic. f 



The LARCH (Larix europcza, DC.) yields VENICE 

 TURPENTINE, formerly used in veterinary medicine, 

 and its astringent bark is also used in bronchitis or 

 haemorrhage. J 



Tsuga Canadensis, Carriere, the HEMLOCK SPRUCE 

 of Canada, yields the slightly stimulant CANADA 

 PlTCH, used instead of BURGUNDY PITCH, the pro- 

 duce of the NORWAY SPRUCE, Picea excelsa, Link 

 ( = Pinus Abies, L., Abies excels a, DC.).|| 



Abies balsamea^ Mill, yields CANADA BALSAM, a 

 turpentine more used as a cement than as a drug ; 



* ' Pharmacographia,' p. 660 ; Bentley and Trimen, iv., pi. 

 297. 



f Ibid., pp. 565-8 ; ibid.y iv, pi. 254-5. 



I lbid.y p. 551 ; ibid., iv, pi. 260. 



Bentley and Trimen, iv, pi. 264. 



|| Ibid., iv, pi. 261 ; 'Pharmacographia,' p. 556. 



\ Ibid., iv, pi. 263. 



