266 MEDICAL BOTANY. 



VACCINACE^E. 



VACCINIUM. 



787. Uliginosum. Fruit narcotic. The berries yield an intoxicating 



liquor. 



PRIMULACE^E. 



CYCLAMEN. 



788. Hedersefolium. Root acrid ; acting as a drastic purgative, em- 



menagogue. 



PRIMULA. 



789. Veris. Flowers sedative. Produces Cowslips. 



ANAGALLIS. 



790. Arvensis. Acrid. Prescribed in epilepsy and dropsy. 



SAPOTACE^;. 



ACHKAS. 



795. Sapota. Bark a powerful astringent. Seeds diuretic. 

 EBENACE^E. 



DlOSPYRUS. 



798. Virginiana. Bark a powerful astringent and febrifuge. 



STYRACE^E. 



STYRAX. 



799. Officinale. A stimulating expectorant. Produces Storax. 



AQUIFOLIACE^]. 

 ILEX. 



801. Aquifolium. Root and bark emollient, expectorant, and diu- 

 retic. Leaves febrifugal. 



PRINOS. 



804-. Verticillatus. Bark a valuable tonic. Berries emetic, tonic, 

 corroborant. 



CONVOLVULACE^;. 



IPOM^A. 



807. Macrorhiza. Roots consisting of saccharine and farinaceous 



matter. Laxative. 

 809. Purga. Roots purgative. Produces jalap. 



BATATAS. 

 815. Paniculata. Roots cathartic. 



