24 I. VEGETABLES.-^Irides. 



Horse-tongue, Hippoghssum, Bislingua, Ruscus hypoglossum ; 

 — Alexandrian hay, Laurus Alexandrina, R. hypophylluin. Roots 

 cathartic. 



Medeola Virginica. Root diuretic. 



China, Tsinaw, Smilax china. Roots yield half their weight 

 of a reddish sago ; imported from the East Indies. 



Rough bindweed, Smilax aspera; — Wild yam^ Bastard ipeca- 

 cuanha, Bastard china, S. Pseudochina, 



Sarsaparilla, Smilax syphilitica. Root sudorific, used as 

 sarsaparilla. 



Sarsaparilla vine, Smilax sarsaparilla. Root, sarsaparillce 

 radix, gently tonic, and a cleansing sudorific, used in syphilis, 

 chronic eruptions, the cachexia?, and rheumatism, in powder, 3j 

 to 3j, and in decoction. It is administered in the form of infu- 

 sion, decoction, or of fluid extract. Officinal preparations. Infus. 

 sarsap. comp. D. Decoctum sarsap. D. L. E. Decoct, sarsap. 

 comp. i. Z). Syrupus sarsap. Z). Extract, sarsap. Z). Z. Extract, 

 sarsap. fluidum, Z). The roots of aralia are mixed with it, and 

 those of several species of carex sold for it. 



*Black Briony, Brionia nigra, Tarnus communis. Root 

 diuretic, incisive, and opening ; externally resolvent, young shoots 

 eaten as asparagus. 



^5. DIOSCORE^. 



Wild yam, Dioscorea sativa; — White dry yam, Negro yam, 

 D. alata ; — Yam pee, JD. triphylla ; — Ceylon white yam, Z). huU 

 bifera; — Purple yam, I>. purpurea; — Oncus esculentus, Oncorhiza 

 esculenta. Roots very large, tuberous, farinaceous, esculent ; and 

 made also into sago. 



S7. NARCISSI. 



^Narcissus, Narcissus poeticus ;^—*Daffodil, N pseudonar- 

 cissus ; — Tuberose, Poly anthes tuberosa. Roots emetic ; used also 

 as a dressing to burns. 



28. IRIDES. 



Florentine Orrice, Iris Florentina. Fresh root a drastic 

 hydragogue, dose 9j to 3j ; when dried sialogogue, errhine ; 

 used to give a violet scent to oils, cut into peas to keep open 

 issues; juice of the root, 3j for a dose, has been used in dropsy. 



* Yellow water fleur de luce, Acorus adulterinus, Pseud- 

 acorus. Gladiolus luteus. Iris pseudacorus. Root a nauseous drastic 

 purgative, but used in dropsy when other medicines fail, dose 

 gtt. Ixxx of its juice every hour or two in syrup of buckthorn ; 

 seeds roasted make coffee. 



