MEDICAL BOTANY. 273 



LEONURUS. 

 1024. Cardiaca. Stimulant. Formerly used against canine madness. 



STACHYS. 



1026. Betonica. Stimulating. Root emetic and purgative. 



MABBUBIUM. 



1027. Vulgare. Herb, bitter, aromatic. Recommended as stimu- 



lating and tonic. Expectorant. Is Horehound. 



VERBENACE.E. 



VlTEX. 



1030. Trifolia. Leaves powerfully discutient. Fruit acrid. 



1031. Agnus castus. Fruit acrid, stimulant. 



STACHYTABPHA. 



1036. Jamaicensis. The expressed juice purgative; employed for 



clysters, and as an anthelmintic. 



BIGNONIACE^E. 



CATALPA. 



1037. Syringifolia. Leaves and bark bitter, expectorant. 



BIGNONIA. 



1038. Antisiphilitica. Discutient, anti- venereal. 



ACANTHACE^;. 



RHINACANTHUS. 



1039. Communis. Milk boiled on the roots is considered aphrodi- 



siacal ; also alexipharmic. 



ACANTHUS. 

 1043. Mollis. Leaves emollient. 



ADHATODA. 



1045. Vasica. Flowers, leaves, and roots anti spasmodic, bitter, and 



sub-aromatic. 



ANDOGBAPHIS. 



1046. Paniculata. Stomachic, used as a remedy for cholera and 



dysentery. Said to be alexipharmic. 



SCROPHULARIACE^E. 

 DIGITALIS. 



1047. Purpurea Diuretic, narcotic. Is Foxglove. 



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