MEDICAL BOTANY. 249 



SAPINDACE^E. 



CABDIOSPERMUM. 



239. Halicacabum. Root aperient. 



SAPINDUS. 



240. Saponaria. Fruit detersive and acrid. Tincture of the berries 



employed in chlorosis. Produces Soapberries. 



^SCULUS. 



246. Hippocastanum. Bark a febrifuge in fevers. A decoction used 



in gangrene ; and its powder an errhine. 



POLYGALACE^E. 



POLYGALA. 



247. Senega. Root acid and acrid; sudorific and expectorant in 



small doses, but emetic and cathartic in large. 



254. Chamaebuxus. Root acid and acrid; sudorific and expectorant 

 in small doses, but emetic and cathartic in large. 



LINAGES. 



LlNUM. 



261. Usitatissimum. Seeds used for cataplasms. The infusion is 



demulcent and emollient. Produces Linseed. 



262. Catharticum. Bitter, cathartic, and purgative. 



CISTACE^:. 



ClSTUS. 



264. Creticus. Resin stimulant and emmenagogue. Recommended 



in chronic catarrh. Produces Ladanum. 



265. Ladaniferus. Resin stimulant and emmenagogue. Used in 



chronic catarrh. 



266. Ledon. Resin stimulant and emmenagogue. Used in chronic 



catarrh. 



267. Laurifolius. Resin stimulant and emmenagogue. Uved in 



chronic catarrh. 



STERCULIACE.E. 

 KYDIA. 



274. Calycina. Bark sudorific. 



THEOBROMA. 



275. Cacao. Seeds nutritive, restorative. Produces Chocolate. 



