1 86 MELILOT MESCAL-BUTTONS. 



A good remedy in strangury, dropsy, &c., and in 

 children's diarrhoea, for which alone it may be deemed 

 a specific. The infusion of i ounce to a pint of water 

 is taken in wineglassful doses. 



Preparation Fluid extract : Dose, -1 drachm. 



Distinctive character The leaves are interruptedly 

 pinnate, having a few large serrate leaflets and very 

 small intermediate ones, dark green above and whitish 

 and downy beneath, the terminal lobes larger and three 

 to five-lobed. Flowers small, yellowish white, in large, 

 irregularly-branched, dense cymes. Taste, astringent 

 and slightly aromatic. 



MELILOT. Melilotus officinalls, Linn. 



N.O. Leguminosa. 

 Syn. King's Clover. 



Part used Herb. 



Action Aromatic, emollient, carminative. Relieves 

 flatulence and is taken internally for this purpose. 

 Externally it is applied as a fomentation or poultice for 

 pains and aches. 



Distinctive character Two species are sold under 

 this name. Both have trifoliate leaves and yellow 

 flowers, but M. arvensis, Lamk., has small, glabrous, one 

 to two-seeded pods, and M. officinalis, Willd., has hairy 

 pods. The leaves are obcordate, serrate in the former, 

 and ovate-truncate in the latter. Taste and odour, 

 like hay. 



MESCAL- BUTTONS. Lopophora Lewinll, Henn. 



N.O. Cactocea. 



Syn. Muscal Buttons, Pellote, Anhalonium Lewinii, 

 Henn. 



Part used Fruit. 



Action Cardiac tonic, emetic, narcotic. This drug 

 has been reputed as a remedy in all paroxysmal com- 



