240 MEDICAL BOTANY. 



RANUNCULUS. 



1 7. Bulbosus. Very acrid, causing blisters and inflammation. 



18. Thora. Root very acrid. The juice used for envenoming 



weapons. 



19. Sceleratus. Acrid. Leaves used by beggars to produce ulcers. 



20. Acris. Very acrid. By carrying it in the hand it has produced 



inflammation. 



22. Flammula. Vesicant. Distilled water an excellent emetic. 



HELLEBORUS. 



23. Niger. Narcotic acrid. Drastic. The fibres of the rhizoma are 



employed as an emmenagogue and hydragogue. Produces 

 Black Hellebore. 



25. Viridis. Narcotic acrid. Drastic. 



26. Foetidus. Narcotic acrid. Leaves emetic and purgative. Re- 



commended as a vermifuge against the worm, Ascaris lumbri- 

 coides. 



COPTIS. 



27. Trifolia. Its rhizomata afford a tonic bitter, without astrin- 



gency. 



NIGELLA. 



28. Sativa. Seeds aromatic, sub-acrid ; formerly employed instead of 



pepper, and also as carminatives. 



DELPHINIUM. 



29. Consolida. Acrid. Seeds emetic, the leaves and stalks compose 



cosmetics, which are injurious to the skin. 



30. Staphisagria. Seeds extremely poisonous, emetic, drastic, and 



inflammatory ; useful in scabies and fungous ulcerations ; also 

 for pediculi in the head. 



ACONITUM. 



31. Anthora. The root highly acrid. 



32. Lycoctonum Root highly acrid ; used to destroy wild beasts. 



33. Paniculatum Leaves bitter, acrid, narcotic, diaphoretic, and 



diuretic. The roots are more dangerous. 



34s Napellus Narcotico-acrid ; a spirituous infusion of the root has 

 proved fatal to human life. Leaves sudorific and diuretic. 



A.CTJEA. 



36. Spicata Fruit poisonous. Roots antispasmodic, expectorant, 

 astringent ; reported to have afforded relief in cases of catarrh. 



