254 SCURVYGRASS SEA-LAVENDER. 



upper lip, in axillary racemes. Taste, bitterish. Odour, 

 slight. 



Other species, with the flowers in one-sided terminal 

 racemes, are sometimes substituted for it. 



SCURVYQRASS. Cochlearia offlciaalis, Linn. 



N.O. Cvmifevcf. 

 Syn. Spoonwort. 



Part used Herb. 



Action Antiscorbutic, diuretic. This is a strong 

 antiscorbutic, and may be given in all cases where such 

 a remedy is required. The infusion of 2 ounces to a 

 pint of boiling water is taken in wineglassful doses 

 frequently repeated. 



Distinctive character The root-leaves are long- 

 stalked, roundish, kidney-shaped, and nearly entire, the 

 stem-leaves ovate, with a few angular teeth, becoming 

 sessile upwards. Flowers white and cruciform, in ter- 

 minal racemes. Fruit globular-ovate, two-celled, con- 

 taining four red-brown seeds in each of the two cells. 

 Taste, pungent, cress-like, bitterish, but becoming 

 much less pungent when dry. 



SEA- LAVENDER. Statlce Carolinians, Walt. 



N.O. Plumbaginacea. 



Syn. Marsh Rosemary, Inkroot, Statice Limonium, 

 Linn. 



Part used Root. 



Action Astringent. This will be found very efficient 

 wherever an astringent tonic is needed, as in bronchial 

 haemorrhage, sore throat, ulcerated mouth and catarrhal 

 disorders. Externally it is recommended for piles and 

 as a lotion in leucorrhrea, gonorrhrea, gleet, and other 



