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III. MEDICAL BOTANY. 



THE following is a list of the principal medicinal plants 

 which are known in a living state in Europe. The numbers 

 refer to the Author's Flora Medica, (London, 1838, Longman 

 and Co.) an 8vo. of 656 pages, in which full descriptions of 

 the plants will be met with. It will be useful for London 

 students to know that the plants in the Apothecaries 1 Garden, 

 Chelsea, marked with red figures on a black ground, are num- 

 bered to correspond with this list. 



RANUNCULACE.E. 



CLEMATIS. 



1 . Erecta. Acrid. Used in cachectic diseases. Powdered leaves 



escharotic. 



2. Flammula. Leaves used as vesicatories. 



3. Vitalba. Fruit and leaves acrid and vesicant. Leaves employed 



as rubefacients in rheumatism. 



ANEMONE. 

 6. Pulsatilla. Powder of the root causes itching of the eyes, colic, 



and vomiting. Extract used in ttcnia. 

 9. Hortensis. Acrid in a high degree. 



1 0. Coronaria. Acrid in a high degree. 



11. Nemorosa. Acrid in a less degree. 



12. Hepatica. Bland. 



HYDBASTIS. 



14. Canadensis. Rhizoma narcotic, bitter, tonic. Gives a yellow 



dye. 



KNOWLTONIA. 



15. Vesicatoria. Acrid. Leaves used as vesicants. 



ADONIS. 

 1 G. Vernalis. Emmenagogue. 



