92 I. VEGETABLES.— Leguminos^. 



French plunis, pruna Gallica, black, acidulous, cooling, laxative, 

 apt to purge. 



Prunelloes, Imperial plmns, pruna Brignoliensa. Yellow, 

 not apt to purge. — Prunes, pruna Damascena^ black, purgative. 



Sloe tree, Black tliorn, Prunuji sylvestris, P. sphiosa. Leaves 

 substituted for tea; bark powdered, 3ij used in intermittent 

 fevers ; flowers ^j, infused in water or whey, are a pleasant purge; 

 fruit, sloes^ pruna sylvestria, gives a pleasant flavour and red 

 colour to wine; juice of the fruit stains linen of an indelible 

 colour. 



Apricock tree, Prunis Armeniaca. Fruit, apricocks, Anne- 

 niaca mala, pr(2cocia, nourishing, laxative, febrile ; seeds bitter, 

 saponaceous. 



BRIAN90N APRICOCKS, Armeniaca Brigantiaca. Fruit acid ; 

 kernels yield oil. 



Peach tree. Nectarine, Amygdalus Persica. Leaves and 

 flowers purgative ; fruit, Persica mala, in hot countries, the same : 

 wood used in dyeing, sold in chips and ground. 



Dwarf almond, Amygdalus pumila. Flowers purgative. 



Almond tree, Amygdalus communis. Kernels, sweet almonds, 

 amygdalce dulces, pectoral and cooling, but mawkish ; imported 

 from the south of Europe and the Barbary coast ; Mogadore. 

 Blanched almonds. Almonds thrown into boiling water until the 

 skin comes off by pressing between the fingers, the hot water is 

 then strained away, the almonds flung into cold water, peeled, 

 and dried either in a stove or the sun until they are brittle. — 

 Burnt almonds ; used to colour and flavour liqueurs. — Bitter 

 almonds, amygdalm amarce. A variety, imported from Mogadore, 

 used to relieve the flavour of the sweet, and to clear muddy 

 water ; both pressed for oil. — Almond cake, amygdalce, placenta, 

 left on pressing the oil, used for washing the hands. Principal 

 officinal preparations. — Amygd. dulces. Oleum amygd., and Con- 

 amygd. D. L. Mist, amygd. D. 



Aquilaria ovata, Aloexylum agallochum. Wood, aloes wood, 

 calambac, eagle loood, lignum aloes ; white, buried for some time 

 becomes dark and resinous, cordial, alexiterial ; used in fumiga- 

 tions and pastilles. — Aghilcuttay, Lignum aspalathi. Reddish, 

 resinous, added to sandal wood to increase its fragrancy. 



Calycanthus floridus. Root emetic, seed poisonous. 



129. LEGUMINOS^. 



Egyptian thorn. Acacia, Mimosa Nilotica. Exudes white 

 gum Arabic, juice of its pods is made into acacia vera. — Mimosa 

 Senegal; — M, Farnesiana. Exudes gum. Principal officinal 



