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one, the leaflets doubly serrate at the margins, rounded 

 at the base, and abruptly pointed at the apex, and 

 greyish white beneath, with appressed felted hairs, 2^-3^ 

 inches long and 2-3 inches broad. Taste, astringent. 

 Odour, none. 



RED CLOVER. Trlfollum pratease, Linn. 



N.O. Leguminosa. 

 Syn. Trefoil, Purple Clover. 



Part used Blossoms. 



Action Alterative, sedative. Is an excellent remedy 

 in spasmodic and bronchial coughs, whooping coughs, 

 &c. The infusion of i ounce to a pint of boiling water 

 may be used freely. Generally combined with other 

 drugs of an alterative character, as Stillingia, Lappa, 

 Xanthoxylum, &c. Externally Red Clover is often used 

 as a plaster in cancer. 



Preparations Fluid extract : Dose, -2 drachms. 

 Solid extract (for use as a plaster). 



Distinctive character Flowerheads ovate, sessile, 

 usually with a stalked trifoliate leaf and two purplish- 

 veined ovate stipules beneath the head, purplish pink, 

 about i inch long and if inch broad. Flowers slender, 

 inch long, small, papilionaceous. Taste and odour, 

 agreeable. 



RED ROOT. Ceanothus Amertcanus, Linn. 



N.O. Celastracete. 

 Syn. Jersey Tea Root. 



Part used Root. 



Action Astringent, expectorant, antispasmodic. 

 Used internally for gonorrhoea, asthma, bronchitis, and 



