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turbances. In larger doses it causes emesis and pur- 

 gation. Has been used in dropsy and cardiac debility. 

 Is strongly recommended in valvular heart disease. 

 The infusion of ounce of herb to a pint of boiling 

 water is taken in tablespoon ful doses. 



Preparations Fluid extract, herb : Dose, 10-30 

 drops. Fluid extract, whole plant : Dose, 10-30 drops. 

 Fluid extract, flowers : Dose, -1 drachm. 



Distinctive character Leaves broadly lanceolate, 

 4-6 inches long by 1^-2^ inches wide, parallel-veined, 

 and entire at the margins. Flowering stem distinct, 

 bearing eight to twelve stalked, small bell-shaped white 

 flowers, with six stamens and a superior ovary, sweet- 

 scented when fresh. Rhizome slender, the internodes 

 about 2 inches long and i T V x i * nc ^ thick, cylindrical, 

 pale brown, bearing at each joint eight or ten slender, 

 branched, long rootlets. Taste, gummy, sweetish and 

 bitterish, then acrid. Odour, pleasant. 



LIME FLOWERS. Tilia Europasa, Linn. 



N.O. Liliacea. 



Syn. Lindenflowers, Linnflowers. T, platyphylla, 

 Scop., T. cordata, Mill., T. vulgaris, Heyne. 



Part used Flowers. 



Action Nervine, stimulant, tonic. This is a common 

 domestic remedy for nervous and catarrhal disorders 

 following upon colds. It is also of service in restless- 

 ness, headaches, indigestion, and hysteria. The hot 

 infusion of i drachm in a pint of boiling water is useful 

 in checking diarrhoea from cold. Sometimes a bath is 

 prepared in similar strength and the patient immersed 

 therein to produce sleep. 



Distinctive character These flowers are really 

 derived in commerce from more than one species of Tilia, 

 the European species of which are closely allied. Tilia 

 platyphylla, Scop., has cordate leaves, hairy beneath, 



