LAVENDER LAVENDER COTTON. l6l 



LAVENDER. Lavandula vera, D.C. 



r j 7 JT 7- /^u N.O. Labiate. 



Syn. Lavandula officmahs, Chaix. 



Part used Flowers. 



Action Stimulant, carminative. Seldom used in 

 medicine. The infusion is made from i drachm of 

 flowers to a pint of boiling water. 



Preparations Fluid extract : Dose, %-i drachm. 

 Compound tincture B.P. and U.S. P. : Dose, ^-i drachm. 

 Oil: Dose, 1-3 drops. Spirit B.P. and U.S. P.: Dose, 

 5-30 drops. 



Distinctive character The flowers are usually met 

 with in commerce separated from the flower spikes. 

 The calyx is tubular, purplish grey, and five-toothed, 

 with 13 veins, one tooth being larger than the others. 

 The tubular corolla is two-lipped, the upper lip with 

 two and the lower with three lobes. The whole of the 

 flowers have a dense covering of stellate hairs, with 

 minute shining oil-glands, visible under a lens. Taste, 

 pleasant. Odour, fragrant and characteristic. 



LAVENDER COTTON. 



Santolina Chamcecyparissias, Linn. 



Part used Herb. N -- Composite. 



Action Used as an emmenagogue and a remedy for 

 worms in children. 



Preparation Infusion (i ounce to i pint) : Dose, a 

 wineglassful frequently. 



Distinctive character Stem white, with cottony 

 hairs. Leaves linear, about 1-2 inches long and inch 

 wide, with short, linear-oblong, obtuse teeth arranged 

 in four rows. The flowerheads are sub-globular, borne 

 on long leafless flowerstalks, yellow, with the outer 

 bracts lanceolate and pointed, and the inner, obtuse and 

 membranous at the tips. The fruits have no pappus. 

 The taste is bitter. Odour, strong and aromatic, re- 

 calling that of chamomile. 



