76 I. VEGETABLES.—LoRANTHE^. 



well as isinglass jelly ; others, only one or other of these tests ; 

 but the chemists vary in their accounts, owing to the mixture of 

 the barks of several species, and their sale under one common 

 name. Medically considered, they are all tonic and febrifuge, 

 and may be given in powder, from 3j to ^ij every two or four 

 hours, so as to get down an ounce between each fit of inter- 

 mittent fevers ; of great use in stopping the progress of gangrene : 

 they are also given in infusion and decoction. — The roots of 

 bistort, Calamus aromaticus, avens, water avens, and tormentil, 

 oak bark, that of several kinds of willow, horsechestnut, ash, and 

 the sloe bush, mahogany saw-dust, the dried herbs of yellow 

 loosestrife, bugle, water horehound, and self-heal, are used either 

 as substitutes or to reduce the price of the ground bark, as is also 

 the root of Geuin montanum. The barks of Pijiknea puhescens^ 

 Unnona febrifuga, Swietenia fehrifiiga, Cedrela tuna, Magnolia 

 glauca, M. acuminata, M. tripetala, Achras sapota^ Ruhus trivialis, 

 and R. villosus are also used as substitutes. 



Coffee shrub, Coffe, Coffea Arahica. The fresh seeds are 

 febrifuge, diuretic, and tonic ; decoction used for that of Peruvian 

 bark. 



Iron wood, Siderodendrum triflorum. Bark diuretic, sto- 

 machic. 



NoNATELiA OFFICINALIS. Pectoral in infusion. 



Cada pilava, Bancudus latifolius, Morinda citrifolia ; — M. 

 umbellata ; — Hydrophylax maritima ; — Pattibea coccinea. Fibres 

 of the roots, muddi, aid, imported from the East Indies, used for 

 dyeing reds and browns. 



104. LORANTHEJi:. 



Bark astringent ; berries contain a principle analogous to 

 caoutchouc, called bird-lime. 



*MissELTOE, Viscum, V. album. Berries very purgative, 

 used to make bird-lime ; leaves antiepileptic in doses of 3j to 3j, 

 twice a day. 



*MissELTOE OF THE OAK, ViscuM quercinum, Loranthus Euro- 

 pcBus. Esteemed a sacred plant by our ancestors, hence extirpated 

 by them, but still found plentifully on the oaks in those parts of 

 Europe where the druidical rehgion was not established : the 

 common misseltoe, viscum album, which scarcely, if ever, grows on 

 the oak, is still used as a substitute for it in medicine, and also to 

 deck our churches, and preserve our houses from evil spirits. 



Mangrove, Rhizophora mangle. Fruit and bark used in 

 tanning ; imported from the West Indies. 



Bruguiera gymnorhiza. Fruit, leaves, and eveu bark 

 eaten. 



