68 I. VEGETABLES.— CORYMBIFER^. 



American golden-rod, SoUdago odora. Leaves, solidagOf 

 P. U. S., carminative, nervine, used as tea, and even exported in 

 large quantities from America to China. 



Canada golden-rod, SoUdago Canadensis, With alum, 

 dyes wool, silk, and cotton, a beautiful yellow. 



*Elicampane, Helenium, Enula campana^ Inula helenium. 

 Root aromatic, slightly bitter, tonic, diaphoretic, stomachic, use- 

 ful in asthma, hooping cough, and in uterine and exanthematous 

 diseases, usually given in infusion, 3j for a dose ; externally anti- 

 psoric : a decoction of the root cures the scab in sheep. 



Sweet-rooted star-wort. Inula odora. Root aromatic. 



*MiDDLE SIZE FLEA-BANE, Conyza media, Inula dysenterica. 

 Tonic, used in diarrhoea. 



*Fle A-BANE, Pulicariay Conyza, Inula pulicaria. Drives away 

 insects by its smell. 



* Coltsfoot, Tussilago, Farfara, T. farfara. Leaves form 

 the basis of most of the British herb tobaccos ; used also exter- 

 nally to diminish inflammation ; an infusion of the dried leaves is 

 much used as an expectorant in coughs and shortness of breath as 

 tea, or the steam is inhaled for the same purpose : a strong decoc- 

 tion of them is of considerable service m scrofulous cases; the 

 downy substance on the under side of the leaf, dipped in a solu- 

 tion of saltpetre, and dried, is used as tinder; juice drank libe- 

 rally serviceable in calculous complaints. 



Alpine coltsfoot, Tussilago Alpina, Has the same 

 qualities. 



*BuTTER bur, Petasites, Tussilago petasites. Leaves used to 

 dress ulcers; flowers strongly diaphoretic, diuretic, useful in 

 asthma; root used against the tape-worm. 



*Groundsel, Erigeron, Senecio vulgaris. Weak infusion a 

 common purge; strong infusion, or juice, used as an emetic, and 

 also given to horses to free them from botts ; leaves externally 

 suppurative ; flowers given to song-birds as a cooler. 



*Rag wort, Seggrum, Jacohcea^ S.jacobcea, Used in poultices 

 and cholic pains ; also as a gargle in sore throat. 



Alpine ground-sel, Senecio doronicum. Infusion and steam 

 of the infusion used in asthma. 



Doria's wound-wort, Herha doria, Senecio doria ; — Saracen's 

 icound-wortf Consolida Saracenica, Senecio Saracenicus. Leaves 

 used internally and externally in wounds and malignant ulcers. 



French marygold, Tagetes jmtula. Dried juice used in 

 disorders of the eyes ; flowers dye yellow. 



German leopard's-bane, Arnica montana. Root discussive, 

 leaves attenuant, diaphoretic, and diuretic, in doses of gr. v to gr. 



