82 I. VEGETABLES.— Umbellifer^. 



selinum; — *Black gentian, Gextiana nigra, A, Ubanotis, 

 Diaphoretic, diuretic, used in calculus. 



Daucus Creticus, Athamanta Cretensis, Seeds odorous, car- 

 minative, diuretic, antihysteric, and nervine. 



Selinum caruifolia; — Milky parsley , S, sylvestre. Roots 

 alexiterial. 



*Bu LBOC AST A'svMfBuniumbulbocasfanum, Tubers, earth nut, 

 kipper nut, pig nut, haugh nut, very nourishing, stimulant ; useful 

 in bloody urine and spitting of blood : sold for salep roots. 



*Carrot, Daucus nostras, D. vulgaris, D. carota. Roots dauci 

 radix, saccharine, alimentary ; externally to carcinomatous and 

 foul ulcers : a sugar is made from them. 



Wild Carrot, Daucus sylvestris, D. visnaga, Ammi visnaga, 

 V, daucoides. Seeds, dauci sonina, P.L. diuretic, an ti pleuritic ; 

 rays of the umbel Spanish toothpicks. 



Daucus gummifer. Yields one sort of opopanax. 



Adjowaen, Ammi Copticum, Daucus Copticus, Bubon Cop- 

 ticum. Seeds carminative; imported from tne East Indies. 



*Great bastard parsley, Caucalis latifolia ; — * Fine-leaved 

 bastard parsley, Caucalis daucoides ; — C leptophylla ; — C. grandi- 

 flora. Are all diuretic. 



*Hedge parsley. Hens foot, Caucalis minor y Tordylium an- 

 thriscus ; — * Harts wort, Tordylium officinale. Roots and seeds 

 diuretic. 



Oriental pick-tooth, Gingidium, Artedia squamata. Leaves 

 diuretic, stomachic, used as a potherb, or eaten raw : rays of the 

 umbel used as toothpicks. 



*Thoroltgh wax, Perfoliata, Bupleurum perfoliatum. Vul- 

 nerary, used externally in tumours. 



*Hares ear, Auricula leporis, Bupleurum rotundifolium, and 

 the other species of the same genus, are aperitive, discussive, and 

 diuretic. 



Shrubby hart-wort, Seseli JEthiopicum, Bupleurum frutico- 

 sum. Seeds carminative, very acrid and odorous. 



Black master-wort, Astrantia major; — A, minor. Roots 

 used in scirrhus of the spleen, and mania. 



*Sanicle, Sanicula Europcea. Leaves vulnerary, cleansing. 



*Marsh penny- wort, TVliite rot, Hydrocotyle vulgaris; — 

 Button snake-weed, Eryngium aquaticum : (root, eryngium, 

 P.U.S.) — *CoMMON eryngo, Eryugium campestre ; — *Eryngo, 

 Sea holly, E. maritimum. (Shoots boiled eaten as asparagus.) — 

 Three-leaved eryngo, E. tricuspidatum. Roots aphrodisiac, diu- 

 retic, sudorific, may be used for contrayerva. — Candied eryngo, 

 Radix eryngii condita. Roots slit, washed in cold water, and 

 then put into the syrup. 



