12 I. VEGETABLES.—FiLicEs. 



*GoLDEX LOCKS, Adiantum aureum, Polytrichum^ P. vulgare. 

 Sudorific, pulmonary. 



*BoG MOSS, Old icives' tow, Sphagnum palustre, S. commune. 

 Scarcely combustible, used to stop cracks in chimneys : very 

 retentive of moisture, used to pack up plants for exportation to 

 distant countries. 



6. FILICES. 



Sweetish, astringent, and pectoral. A ley of the ashes of most 

 of the species has been used as a wash to promote the growth of 

 the hair, from the alkali contained in them stimulating the skin ; 

 whence they have been called capillary herbs, 



*True maiden-hair, Adiantum vulgare^ A. verum, Capillus 

 Veneris, A. Capillus Veneris. A fine pectoral, slightly astringent ; 

 the decoction is a powerful emetic. 



Canada maiden-hair, Capillus Veneris Canadensis, Adiantum 

 pedatum. Used for maiden-hair. 



Cape of Good Hope maiden-hair, Adiantum A'lthiopicum, 

 Used as an aromatic astringent. 



Peacock's tail maiden-hair, Adiantum melanocaulon, used 

 in India for maiden-hair. 



*Black Maiden-hair, Oak fern, Adiantum nigrum. Asple- 

 nium ad. nigrum; — *Common maiden-hair, Trichomanes ad. 

 ruhrum, Aspl. trichomanes ; — *Wall rue. Tent wort, Ad. album 

 Ruta muraria. Salvia vitce, Aspl. ruta muraria, Aspl. murale. 

 These have all nearly the same qualities as the true maiden-hair. 



*Spleen-wort, Milt waste, Loradilla, Ceterach, Asplenium 

 scolopendria, Aspl. ceterach, Blechnum squamosum, C. officinalis ; — 

 Mules fern, Hemionitis, Aspl. hemionitis. Astringent. 



*Hart's tongue, Phyllitis, Lingua cervina^ Scolopendrium, 

 Asplenium scolopendrium, Blechnum lignifolium, S. vulgare. 

 Astringent, vulnerary, pectoral, and used in spitting of blood, 

 fluxes, and swelling of the spleen. 



Rough spleen-wort, Lonchitis, Blechnum boreale. Root 

 aperient and diuretic. 



*Female fern. Common brakes, Filix, F. foemina, Pteris 

 aquilina. Root vermifuge ; and, in time of scarcity, has been 

 manufactured into a coarse kind of bread. 



*Male fern, Filix mas, Polypodium filix mas, Nephrodium 

 crenatum. Root slightly bitter, astringent, a good vermifuge in 

 doses of 3J to 3iiij ; expelling the taenia, either by the assistance 

 of a strong purge, or by repeating the powdered root for some 

 time ; it is also boiled in ale, to flavour ic. 



