I. VEGETABLES.— AsPARAGi. 23 



Garlic, Allium^ A, sativum. Bulbs, alliiradix^ esculent, strong 

 tasted, stimulant ; used in sauces. 



Rocambole, Viper s (farJic, Allium contortum. Bulbous heads 

 used in sauces : milder than garlic. 



*Crow garlic, a. vineale. Roots diuretic. 



Shallots, A, Ascalonicum. Root used as a sauce. 



*WiLD GARLIC, A. oleraceum. Roots diuretic. 



Welsh oniox, A, Jistulosum, Bulbs and young leaves used 

 in salads. 



* Gives, A, schoenojyrasum. Young leaves used in salads. 



* Spotted ramsons, Victoralis, A, magicum. Roots heating ; 

 used also as an amulet preserving against spectres and infected 

 air, probably inspiring courage by their stimulant qualities. 



*Ramsons, A. ursinum. Infused in brandy, used in gravelly 

 complaints. 



9S. TRILLIACE>E. 



Trillium cernuum. Root violently emetic ; berry nauseous 

 and poisonous. 



24. ASPARAGI. 



Drac.ena termixalis. Root used in diarrhoea. — D. draco. 

 Yields, by incision, the purest dragon'*s blood. 



•Herb Paris, True love, One berry, Herha Paris, Paris 

 quadrifolia, Alexiterial, recommended by Boerhaave in maniacal 

 cases, dose 3j a day ; leaves and berries narcotic ; root emetic, 

 dose dij. 



*Asi'ARAGCSf Aspara//us officinalis. Diuretic; one of the five 

 opening roots ; shoots eaten as a dainty, but produce, in some, 

 bloody urine, and accelerate the fits of the gout. 



Rock sparrow-grass, Asparagus petraa, Corruda, A, cutifolia. 

 Root opening, diuretic, lithontriptic ; shoots nutritive. 



•Solomon's seal, Polygonatum, Sif/illum Salomonis, Conval- 

 laria poh/gonatum. Root vulnerary, astringent, diuretic, but may 

 be added to flour in time of scarcity ; used in a recent state as a 

 cataplasm to take away the marks of bruises ; berries, flowers and 

 leaves, acrid and poisonous. 



•Lily of the valley, Lilium. convallium, Convallium majalis. 

 Flowers cephalic, in doses of 3j ; or dried and used as a sternu- 

 tatory. 



One blade, Munophyllon, Convallaria bifolia. Flowers 

 alexiterial. 



•Butcher's broom, Knee holly ^ RusatSf Bnutcus, Muscus 

 aculeatus. Root and berries opening : seeds roasted for cofl\;e. 



