84 I. VEGETABLES.— Paronychicb.'e, 



111. GROSSULARLE. 



The fruits of this order are eatable, acidulous, and cooling. 



*RiBES, Ribesia, Rihes rubrum. Fruit, red currants, garnet 

 berries, acid, cooling; juice of the fruit with sugar drank as 

 lemonade or orgeat; and made into wine. — JVhite currants. A 

 variety ; fruit less acid, juice made into wine. 



*Black cuRRA^^TS, Qiiinsey berries, Ribes nigrum. Odour 

 similar to that of bugs ; leaves, in infusion, aperitive, diuretic, 

 used in gargles, young leaves substituted for tea ; fruit aperitive, 

 used in calculous affections ; the juice boiled made into wine. 



*Grossularia, JJva crispa, Ribes grossularia, R. uva crispa. 

 Berries, gooseberries., bennies, used as sauce for mackerel and 

 other fish ; astringent, but when very ripe, laxative ; make wine 

 and vinegar; seeds washed and roasted, substituted for coffee. — 

 Ribes triste. Berry black, used to colour wines. — R. punctatmn ; 

 — R. Alpinum ; — R. fragrans ; — R, viscosum ; — R, macrobotrys ; 

 — R. aThinervium, Fruit eaten. 



112. NOPALE^. 



Indian fig, Prickly pear. Cactus opuntia, Opuntia vulgaris. 

 Fruit sweetish, diuretic ; plants very cooling; juice contains a red 

 colouring principle, which colours the urine of those that eat the 

 fruit. — Cactus coccinillifer, Opuntia coccinillifer. The food of the 

 grana fina cochineal. 



Cactus ficus Indica, O.Jic, Indica. The food of the grana 

 sylvestria cochineal. 



113. TAMARISCINE.E. 



*Tamarisc, Tamariscus, T. Gallica ; — German tamarisk, 

 Tamariscus Gennanica ; — T. Africana. Ashes contain sulphate 

 of soda. A species of tamarisk affords Ai^abian manna. 



114. PARONYCHICE.E. 



*Sea chtckweed, Arenaria, Polycarpon teiraphyllon. Herb 

 applied to whitlows. 



*Verticillate knot-grass, Corrigiola, lllecebrxim verticil- 

 latum. Refrigerant and astringent. 



*RuPTURE wort, Hemiaria glabra. Rather saltish, astrin- 

 gent, diuretic ; juice removes specks in the eye. 



* St rap wort, Corrigiola littoralis. Herb cooling. 



* Annual knawei.l, German knot-grass, Sdrranthns annuus. 

 Diuretic, astringent, the vapour arising from a decoction of it is 

 used in the toothach. 



