27-i MEDICAL BOTANY. 



SCROPHULARIA. 



1048. Nodosa. Leaves and roots purgative and emetic, with a bitter 



taste. 



1049. Aquatica. Leaves and roots purgative and emetic, but less 



so than the last. 



HEBPESTES. 



1 050. Monniera. Antirheumatic. 



CALCEOLARIA. 



1053. Pinnata. Leaves purgative and emetic. 



LINARIA. 



1054. Vulgaris. Bitter, purgative, and diuretic. Flowers used as 



a wash for chronic diseases of the skin. 



1055. Cymbalaria. Recommended as an antiscorbutic. Diuretic. 



EUPHRASIA. 



1059. Officinalis. Slightly bitter and aromatic, ophthalmic. 



GRATIOLA. 



1060. Officinalis. Bitter, acting as a purgative and emetic. Useful 



in cases of hypochondriasis. 



SCOPARIA. 



1061. Dulcis. -Febrifugal ? Expressed juice mucilaginous, and used 



as a cooling laxative. 



VERSA SCUM. 



1062. Nigrum. Sub-narcotic. 



SOLANACE^l. 



HYOSCYAMUS. 



1065. Niger. A powerful narcotic. Is Henbane. 



ATROPA. 



1066. Belladonna. A dangerous narcotic. Every part of the plant 



poisonous. In medicine it is narcotic, diaphoretic, and 

 diuretic. Is Deadly Nightshade. 



CAPSICUM. 



1067. Annuum. Fruit and seeds stimulant, pungent. 



1067 a. Frutescens. Fruit and seeds stimulant, more pungent. 

 1067 b. Baccatum. Fruit and seeds stimulant, very pungent. 

 DATURA. 



1068. Tatula A violent narcotic poison. Employed externally as 



an anodyne and sedative. 



