146 IVY, AMERICAN JABORANDI. 



wide, and long, radiate-veined, with three to four tri- 

 angular lobes ; the upper leaves ovate or oval-lanceolate. 

 The berries are about the size of a pea, purplish black, 

 with a disk at the apex corresponding to the calyx rim. 

 Seeds two or three ruminated. Taste, bitter and 

 nauseous. Odour, when rubbed, aromatic and slightly 

 resinous. 



IVY, AMERICAN. Vitls hederacea, Willd. 



N.O. Vitcicez. 



Syn. Ampelopsis guinquefolia, Mich., Cissus hederacea, 

 Ross., Cissus quinquefolia, Desf., Virginian Creeper, Vitis 

 quinquefolia, Lam., "Wood vine. 



Parts used Bark, twigs. 



Action Tonic, expectorant, astringent. This drug 

 is principally used in scrofulous and syphilitic affections, 

 in the form of a syrup. In dropsy, bronchitis, and in 

 pulmonary complaints it may be recommended. The 

 decoction of i ounce in a pint of boiling water is taken 

 in wineglassful doses. 



Preparations Fluid extract : Dose, $-1 drachm. 

 Ampelopsin : Dose, 2-4 grains. 



Distinctive character The bark occurs in quilled 

 pieces 2-3 inches long and from - inch in diameter, 

 externally brown, with enlarged transverse scars formed 

 from lenticels. The fracture shows a white bark with 

 coarse flattened fibres in the inner portion. Taste, 

 insipid. Odour, faintly aromatic. The leaves are 

 stalked, digitate, with five oblong lanceolate leaflets. 



JABORANDI. Pllocarpus Jaborandl, Holmes. 



Part used-Leaves. N '' **"** 



Action Stimulant, diaphoretic, expectorant. Spe- 

 cially useful in asthma and diabetes. A teaspoonful of 



