I. VEGETABLES— Orobanchide.^. 49 



Creticum, T, Creticum. Have all the same alexiterial heating 

 qualities. 



Yellow poly-mountain, P. m. flavum, Teucrium poUinn ; 

 — IMiite poly-mountain, P. m. alburn^ Teucrium teuthrion ; — Tree 

 qermander, Teucrium^ T. Jlaviinu Leaves used in diseases of the 

 liver and spleen. 



Base horehound, Stachysy Sideritis Syriaca, Leaves acrid, 

 emmenagogue, fetid. 



Irox-wort, Sideritis, S, hirsuta. Herb cures wounds by the 

 first intention. 



Geu^ian iron- wort, Sideritis flore hiteolo, S. scordioides ; 

 — Mountain iron-icort^ S, montana ; — * Common bugle, Bugula, 

 Ajuga reptans ; — * Mountain buglc^ Ajuga pyramidalis ; — '*Self~ 

 heal. Prunella, P. vidgaris ; — * Hooded loilloio-herb, Lysimachia 

 galericulata, Scutellaria galerictdata. Bitter, astringent, nearly 

 inodorous; the English ones are substituted for bark. 



70. PEDICULAREiE. 



*Eye bright, Euphragia, Euphrasia officinalis. Cephalic, 

 ophthalmic. 



♦Speedwell, Fluellin, Veronica mas, Betonica Pauli, V. 

 officinalis. Leaves slightly astringent, bitter ; substituted for tea, 

 but is more astringent and less grateful. 



* Smallest fluellin, Veronica spicata ; — Mountain mad-wort, 

 V, montana; Speed-well chickweed, V. arvetisis. Vulnerary, incisive, 

 diaphoretic, antiphthisic. 



•Wild germander, ChamcBdrys sylvestris, Veronica Cha^ 

 mctdrys. Leaves a better substitute for tea than those of speed- 

 well. 



Virginia speedwell, Veronica Virginica, Root, veronica, 

 P. U. S., astringent. 



•Brook lime, Anagallis aquatica, Beccdbunga, Veronica bee- 

 rahunga. Leaves, when fresh, diuretic, antiscorbutic, eaten as 

 salad ; juice, in a full dose, an easy purge. 



•Red rattle, Ix)iLse-wort, Pedicularis nalustris. Nauseous, 

 acrid; its juice, or a decoction, used externally in old ulcers; kills 

 lice, yet said to breed lice in cattle that feed on it. 



Yellow battle, CocWs com}). Crista galli, Rhinanthus crista 

 gaUi, Is used to kill lice. — *Cov) wheat, Triticum vaccinum, 

 Melampyrum an;eme ; — * Wild cow-icheat, Craioeogonum, M, pra- 

 ttnte. Seeds aphrodisiac ; herb fattens cows. , 



71. OROBANCHIDE^E. 



•Tooth- wort, Sqnamaria, LathrcBa squamaria. Herb conso- 

 lidating, astringent, used in hernise and wounds. 



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