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I. A^EGETABLES.— Equisetace^e. 13 



Calaguala, Polypodiiwi calaguala. Root sudorific. 



•Polypody of the oak, Pohjpodium qucrcinwn^ P, vulgare* 

 oot saccharine, and slightly purgative ; an infusion 5VJ in half 

 a pint of hot water may be taken at twice ; by long boiling 

 becomes bitter. 



*Small oak fern, Dri/opteris, Polypodium dryopteris. Acrid, 

 septic. 



*White oak FERN', Adiantum Album, P. Rhceticum, Cyclo^ 

 pteris RhcEtica, Used for maiden-hair. 



•Brittle cup ferx, Ad. album, Ci/athea fragilis, P. fragile^ 

 Cj/cL fragilis. Used for maiden-hair. 



*Flowerin(; fern, Filix Jlorida, Ophioglossum osmunda, 

 Osmimda regalia. The young shoots, made into a conserve, are 

 a specific for the rickets ; root boiled in water makes a kind of 

 starch, used to stiffen linen. 



*MooN WORT, Lwiaria, Osm. lunar la, Oph. lunaria. Leaves 

 astringent. 



•Adder's toxgue, Oph. vulgatum, Oph, spicatum. Used to 

 form a celebrated ointment for wounds. 



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*Club moss, Mascus davatus, Lgcopodium, L. clavaium. 



erb astringent, restores ropy wine in a few days : pollen very 



inflammable, used in theatres to imitate lightning, by its being 



thrown across the flame of a candle ; repels water so strongly, 



that if it be strewed upon a basin of that fluid, the hand may 



plunged to the bottom, without being wetted : hence females 



ployed in delicate works use it to keep their hands free from 



eat ; used also to roll up boluses and pills, in the plica Po- 



nica. 



•Upright fir moss, Sclago, Muscus credus, Lycojwdium selogo. 

 Violently emetic and purgative, fit only for robust constitutions 

 which can bear rough medicines ; used by the country girls in 

 the north to procure abortion ; the decoction is employed as a 

 wash to destroy lice in swine and cattle. 



9. EQUISETACE/E. 



* Dutch rushes, Equhetum majus, E. hyemale. Epidermis 

 i» formed of silica : used to polish wood and metals. Imported 

 from Holland. 



•Corn horse-tail, Cauda equina mirwr, Equisdum arvense, 

 £, minor; — •Marsh horse-tail, E, palustre ; — *Horse-tail, 

 qui$ehim, Cauda equina, E, Jluviatilc, Astringent and vul- 

 nerary. 



