94 I. VEGETABLES— LEGUMiNosiE. 



infusion, purgative, nauseous and apt to gripe, best corrected with 

 ginger or coriander seeds. The leaves of Cynanche arguel, and 

 Coriaria myrtifolia are mixed with senna ; the leaves of Pleriploca 

 Graeca, Globularia alypum, of several other species of Cassia and 

 of Colutea, and those of Coronilla emerus, are substituted for 

 senna : pods, sennce folliculi, less purgative than the leaves, but 

 also less bitter, aiKl seldom gripe. Officinal preparations. — Tinct. 

 sennae comp. D. Electuarium sennae, D. E. Confectio sennae, 

 L. Infus. sennae, L. E. Infus. sennaj comp. D, Pulv. 

 sennse comp. L, 



Cassia absus. Leaves reverse ovate, two awl-shape glands 

 at the base of the petiole; mixed with those of the preceding 

 plant : seeds, tschisckim semina, applied with sugar to the eyes in 

 the Egyptian ophthalmia. 



Cassia senna. Leaves, Italian senna, Coromandel senna, coun- 

 try senna, nearly ovate, petiole not glandular, more nauseous and 

 less active than the Alexandrian : used in the East Indies for 

 senna. 



Cassia lanceolata. Leaves, Mocho senna, East Indian senna, 

 senna Arabica, very long, lanceolate, equal sided, smell weak. 



— Cassia Leaves, Tripoli senna, senna Tripolitana, large, 



blunt, rough, darkish green. 



Cane-piece sensitive plant. Cassia ckamcecrista. Used 

 against the poison of nightshade. — C. alata. Flowers used to 

 cure tetters. 



Ringworm bush, Cassia herpetica. Bruised leaves and ex- 

 pressed juice used against itch, tettersj and ringworms. 



Smooth bonduc tree, Guilandina moringa, Hijpcranthera 

 moringa, Moringa Zeylanica, M. oleijera. Root, moorunghy root. 

 East Indian country horse-radish, acrid, used as a sauce : wood, 

 lignum nephriticum, diuretic, used for dyeing blue ; nuts, ben nuts, 

 pois queniques, nuces behen, balanus myrepsica, glans unguentaria^ 

 yield oil by pressure; pods, leaves, and flowers, eaten as pot- 

 herbs. 



Yellow nickar tree, Guilandina honduc. Nuts, yellow 

 nickars, astringent, used in gonorrhoea, yaws, and convulsions. 



Grey nickar tree, Guilandina bonducella. Nuts, gj-ey nickars^ 

 pressed for oil. 



Guilandina sappan, CcBsalpinia sappan, "Wood, Chappung- 

 ham wood, Sappan, bois cTInde, bresillet des Indes, — From the East 

 Indies ; used to dye red, scentless. 



Logwood tree, Haimatoxylon Campechianum. Exudes a gum : 

 wood, logwood, lignum Campechensey hoimatoxyli lignum, in large 

 logs, without any bark, solid, inside pale reddish brown, sweetish ; 

 astringent 3j to 3j, used to dye red or purple. 



.ESALPINIA crista. Wood, Brazil wood, lignum Brasiliense, 



