98 I. VEGETABLES.— Leguminos^. 



Milk vetch. Astragalus^ A. Syriacus. Root astringent, diu- 

 retic. 



*WiLD LiauoRiCE, Liquorice vetch^ Astragalus glycyphyllos. 

 Root sweet, used for liquorice ; leaves used in retention of urine. 



Bladder senna, Colutea cruenta; — C, arhorescens. Leaves 

 and pods purgative, used for senna. 



Liquorice, Glycyrrhiza, G, glabra. Root, stick liquorice, li- 

 quiritia, glycyrrhizce radix, sweet, opening, expectorant, pectoral, 

 diuretic ; chewed, it extinguishes thirst ; its infusion covers the 

 taste of unpalatable drugs more effectually than sugar : \s. 8d, 

 the lb. ; ground, 25. 8d, 



Prickly LiauoRiCE, Glycyrrhiza echinata. Root sweet, juice 

 is used in tetters and ringworms. 



Goats rue, Galega^ Ruta capraria, Glycyrrhiza officinalis. 

 Sudorific, vermifuge, alexiterial, useful in epilepsy and convul- 

 sions. — G.piscatoria; G. tinctoria. Intoxicates fish. 



Indigo plant, Anil, Indigofera tinctoria, and several other 

 species, yield indigo. 



Tuberous vetch, Lathyrus tuberosus. Root tuberous, sweet, 

 yields fecule ; they are sold for salep roots. 



Chick pea, Keessari, Lathyrus sativus. Seeds nutritive. 



*Vetch, Vicia, V. sativa. Seeds, tare, detersive, astringent. 

 The Canadian variety makes good bread. 



ViciA FABA. Seeds, garden bean, faba major, nourishing, dif- 

 ficult of digestion, flatulent. — Vicia faba ^. Seeds, horse bean, 

 faba minor, f equina, nourishing, roasted for coffee. 



*Bastard vetch, Oj'obus sylvaticus ; — O. luteus ; — O. vernus ; 

 — O. niger. Seeds yield a resolvent farina, 



*Bitter vetch, Heath peoy Orobus, Ervum, O. tuberosus. 

 Roots nutritive ; farina of the seed resolvent. 



Ervum lens. Seeds, lentil, lens vulgaris, mussoor, difficult of 

 digestion, astringent, hurtful to the eyes. 



Ervum ervilia. Farina maturative and resolvent. 



Pea, Motor, Pisum, P. sativum. Green pods used in the 

 scurvy : fresh seeds saccharine, nutritive ; dry seeds heavy and 

 flatulent. 



Chick pea, Cicer, C, arietinum. Seeds, calavanches, bhoot, 

 horse gram ; heavy, but wholesome, roasted for coffee ; farina re- 

 solvent. 



Milk vetch, Polygala vera, Coronilla juncea. Herb in decoc- 

 tion increases the milk. 



* Small birds-foot, Ornithopus perpusillus. Herb lithon- 

 triptic, and used in ruptures. 



