I. VEGETABLES.— Salick.i:. 29 



a bitter tart flavour. Ojffichial preparatiom. — Oleum juniperi and 

 Spirit, jun. conip. D. L, E. 



Berby-bearing cedar, OxycedruSiJunipentsPhoenicca. Wood 

 diaphoretic, by distillation yields huile de cade ; berries discutient; 

 exudes American olibanum. 



Savine, Sal)ina^ Juniperus sabina. Leaves, sahiiice foliay 

 emmenagogue, producing abortion, diuretic, vermifuge ; dose, 

 in powder, gr. xv to 3j or 5j, twice or thrice a day : externally 

 escnarotic, applied to warts, &c., once a day. 



Jamaica cedar, Juniperus Bermudiana. Wood used for 

 inclosing crayons. 



Red cedar, Juniperus Virginiana, Wood, Carolina cedar^ 

 used for inclosing crayons : leaves used as saviue. 



Rosa mala, Altingia excelsa. Yields liquid storax. 



39. TAXIDE^. 



*Yew, Taxus, T. haccata. AVood very hard, thought to be 

 poisonous, as were also the berries, glob berries, but they may be 

 eaten ; leaves poisonous to cattle ; pollen may be substituted for 

 that of lycopodium. 

 Japan Yew, Taxus nucifera. Berries eatable, aromatic. 

 Yellow wood, Taxus elongatus. Wood scentless ; sold for 

 ellow Sanders, but of little value. 

 GiNGKo, Gingko biloba. Seeds yield oil. 



Shrubby iiokse-tail, Ephedra distachga. Berries sweet, 

 table; used in lientery and menorrhagia, given in wine. 



40. SALICE.^. 



'niTE WILLOW, Salix S. alba. (Bark, salicis cortex. P. D.) 

 'Crack willow, Salix fra gills. (Bark, salicis cortex^ P, D.) — 

 'Yellow dwarf willow. Pose willow, S. helix, S. monandra ; 



•Norfolk purple willow, S. purpurea; — *Ozier, «S\ vinii^ 

 nalis. (Bark, salicis cortex, P, L) — * Sallow, S. caprcsa ; — 

 •Almoxd-leaf willow, iV. amggdaliiui ; — Weeping willow, ,S\ 

 Babgloiiica ; — S, eriocephala, (Bark, Salix, P. U. S.) — Salix 

 lierbacra. Barks very bitter, febrifuge, substituted for Peruvian 

 bark, 3j to 5j ; leaves astringent, used in tunning. 



•SwKKT WILLOW, Bag willmv, Salix lanrra, S. penlandrat 

 Bark, the original willow bark recommended as a febrifuge; 

 leaves aromatic, yield prussic acid by distillation, when dried, 

 with l-30th of potash; dye silk, linen, and woollen, impregnated 

 with alum, of a fine yellow. 



Carolina Poplar, Popnhis balsmnifrra. Yields tacamaliaca 

 in the lump ; buds very resinous inrimcd in oil to form a vulne* 

 rary balsam. 



