I. VEGETABLES.— PiPERiDE^. 31 



Cork tree, Quercus suher. Bark, cork^ suhey\ very light, 

 elastic, astringent, more used in stopping vessels than in medicine. 



Ever-green oak, Quercus ilex. Astringent, more so than the 

 common oak. On this live the kermes insects. 



QcEBCUs BALLOT A. Acoms uscd as food ; yield oil. 



Quercus falcata. Leaves used externally in gangrene. 



*Beech, Fa//us, F, st/lvatica. Seeds, beech mast, useful in 

 gravelly complaints, yield oil by expression. 



*Sfanish chestnut, Castaneity Fagus castanea. Bark astrin- 

 gent ; fruit, dried upon hurdles over a clear fire, nutritive, 

 pectoral. 



Chinquapin, Castanea pumila. Bark, castanea P. U. S., 

 istringent, 



43. PLATANIDEJE. 



Liquid AMBAR styraciflua. Bark odoriferous in fumiga- 

 tions; yields, by incision or decoction, liquid storax. — L, orientalis. 

 Thought to yield storax. 



Plane tree, Platanus orientalis. Leaves ophthalmic in wine ; 

 bark antiscorbutic infused in vinegar* 



Virginia plane tree, Platanus occidentalis. Root vulne- 

 rary, dyes red. 



44. MYRICE^. 



*Sweet willow, Dutch mi/rtle. Gale fnitex, Mi/rica gale. 

 Strong smelling, driving away insects; leaves astringent, substi- 

 tuted for tea, vermifuge, used as spice. 



Candleberry myrtle, Myrica cerifera. Roots in infusion 

 very astringent ; berries yield green wax. 



Mybica Pennsylvanica ;i— M. Carolinensis. Yield green wax. 



45. ULMIDEiE. 



*Klm, I'hwis^ U. campestris. Exudes ulmine ; inner tough 

 bark, ulmi cortex, astringent, febrifuge, in doses of 3j to 3j ; leaves 

 vulnerary. 



Slippk»v j r m. Il„n,< f„1ra. Inner bark, ubnusy P, U.S. 

 febrifuge. 



Ulmus CuiNEXbis. Leaves used as tea. 



Nettle tree, Celtis australis. Berries astringent, esculent; 

 kernels yield an oil ; wood dyes brown. 



46. PIPERIDEiE. 

 Herbs aromatic ; seeds hot, used as spices. 



Black pepper vine, Piper nigrum. Herb acrid, aromatic, 

 stimulant, sialogogue ; berry, black pepper^ mellagkoo, piper 



