LIFE EVERLASTING LIFE ROOT. 1 63 



U.S.P. : Dose, 2 drachms. Tincture U.S. P. : Dose, 

 30 drops. Solid extract : Dose, i-io grains. 



Distinctive character Lettuce opium, or Lactu- 

 carium, is usually in angular fragments or quarters, 

 curved on one side, indicating removal from a cup or 

 saucer in which the milky juice has been collected and 

 dried. Externally it is dark reddish brown, internally 

 opaque and wax-like. Odour, resembling opium. Taste, 

 very bitter. Scotch Lactucarium, which occurs in 

 irregular small fragments, is now rarely seen. 



LIFE EVERLASTING. Antennaria dioica, Gaertn. 



N.O. Composite. 

 Syn. Catsfoot, Gwphalium dioicum, Linn. 



Part used Herb. 



Action Astringent. Used as a gargle or injection ; 

 internally as a styptic in looseness of bowels, &c. 



Distinctive character The herb is 4-8 inches high, 

 with obovate, spatulate root-leaves, which are smooth 

 above, but cottony beneath. Stems cottony. Flower- 

 heads hemispherical, shortstalked, terminal, in clusters 

 of four or five together almost hidden by the long hairy 

 pappus ; the male with white, the female with rose 

 coloured membranous scales (phyllaries). Taste, 

 astringent. Odour, pleasant, stronger in the female 

 heads. The flowerheads, with about i inch of the 

 flowerstalk, are usually sold under the name of Catsfoot. 



LIFE ROOT. Senecio aureus, Linn. 



N.O. Composite. 

 Syn. Squaw-weed, Golden Senecio. 



Parts used Herb, root. 



Action Emmenagogue, diuretic, pectoral, astringent, 

 tonic. A most useful plant deserving of careful attention. 



