9O CUP MOSS CUP-PLANT. 



be taken internally in wineglassful doses, and also 

 used as a gargle. 



Preparation Fluid extract : Dose, to i drachm. 



Distinctive character Stems and underside of 

 leaves white, downy, with appressed woolly hairs. 

 Leaves linear, about ij inch long and T % inch wide, 

 not hairy above. Flowerheads in a corymb. Phyllaries 

 linear, tapering, chaffy. Receptacle not hairy. 



CUP MOSS. Cladonia pyxidata, Fries. 



Part used-Plant. N '- Lichenes - 



Action Expectorant. Is excellent for children's 

 coughs and whooping coughs. A decoction is made of 

 2 ounces to a pint of water sweetened with honey. 



Distinctive character The scyphi or wine-glass- 

 shaped portions of the plant are used. They are greyish 

 white, about i inch long, with a hollow stem r Vi inch 

 in diameter, and a terminal cup about J inch wide ; the 

 scyphi are sometimes proliferous. Taste, mucilaginous 

 and slightly sweet. Odour, none. The plant is 

 erroneously called a moss, as it belongs to the group of 

 lichens. 



CUP- PLANT. Silphlum perfollatum, Linn. 



N.O. Composite. 

 Syn. Indian Cup-plant, Ragged Cup. 



Part used Root. 



Action Tonic, diaphoretic, alterative. As a general 

 restorative it has been found useful, also in fevers and 

 spleen and liver affections. The decoction of the pow- 

 dered root may be given in wineglassful doses, or the 

 powder itself in 2o-grain doses. 



Distinctivecharacter Rhizome cylindrical, crooked, 

 elongated, pitted and rough, with small roots ; the 

 transverse section exhibits large resin cells. 



