I. VEGETABLES — Legujiinos.i:. 97 



GrcBcum. Seed odoriferous, mucous, resolvent, stomachic, roasted 

 for coffee ; dye yellow. 



Pile lotus, TrifoUum hcemorrhoidale, Lotus hirsutiis ; — White 

 lotus, Lotus dorycnium. Seeds useful in piles. 



♦Yellow lotus, Lotus corniculata. Anodyne, emollient; 

 used in burns : Icarcs turn green in drying. 



Black Euyptiax bean, Lablab^ Dolichos lablah. Seeds 

 nutritive. 



Dolichos puuriens. Pods, siUqua hirsuta, eaten when 



oung, imported from the West Indies ; the hair of the pods, 



ncharje^ dolicld pubes, occasions violent itching, to be allayed by 



I solution of green vitriol or oil ; vermifuge, by scraping the hair 



off a pod into treacle or syrup for a morning dose, and giving a 



brisk purge after two or three doses of the cowhage ; root, in 



) decoction, diuretic, and very useful in dropsy. 



Barb AT Y, Dolichos catjang;-^ D, soya. Seeds used to make 

 soy, eaten in soup. 



Coolthi, Dolichos bijlorus; — D. Sinensis, Seeds eaten.— Z). 

 tuherosus ; — Z). bulbosus. Roots eatable. 



Fbencii bean, Kidney bean, Feve de Rome, Haricot, Phaseo- 



lus vidgaris; — Scarlet bean, Phaseolus coccineus ; — Dwarf kidney 



. P. vajws. Pods eatable, nourishing; flour of the seed 



ient, diuretic, nourishing. 



McNco, Haiti moorj, Phaseolus mungo. Seeds made into sago. 



— P, ttd)erosus. Root esculent. 



Vkllore bean, Duffin bean, Phaseolus lunatus ; — East India 

 y Ijean, a variety ; — Soria moog, P. aureus ; — Krishna moog, 

 ' —Mash cally, P, radiatus^ — Moot, P. aconitifolius ; — P, 

 's. Seeds eaten as pulse. 

 Lrvtiirixa monqsperma. Yields a kind of lac. 

 Glycine apios, Jpios tidjerosa. Root farinaceous. 

 Glycine abuus, Abrus precatorius. Root, Jamaica icild 

 '////jnVr, yields an extract like liquorice; herb diaphoretic, pec- 

 »ral, demulcent ; seeds, jtunhJe brads, sold at the china shops, 

 phthalmic, cephalic. 

 Dog Wood, Piscidia en/thrina. Bark of the root thrown into 

 ponds, or still water, stupifies the larger fish, without rendering 

 !iem unwholesome, and kills the smaller ones; used to cleanse 



Iul ulcers. 

 RoBiNiA CARAGANA. Sceds olcagiuous, eatable. 

 AsTBAGALCJs Creticus ; — A, gummifer. Exude gum traga- 



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