104 I. VEGETABLES.— NYMPHEACE.E. 



Lotus, Rhamnus lotus. Fruit eatable, makes a pleasant wine. 

 — R. jujuba. Fruit styptic. — R. soporifera. Fruit anodyne, 

 soporific ; used in decoction, — R. paliurus. Seeds diuretic ; root 

 and leaves astringent, detersive ; fruit incisive. — i?. Siculus, Elceo- 

 dendrum argan. Nuts pressed for their oil. 



Geeat jujubes, CEnoplia, Rliamnus cenoplia. Unripe fruit 

 stomachic, astringent; juice of the ripe fruit laxative. 



Black ram thorn, Rhamnus niger^ R. lycioides. Fruit, in 

 decoction, relieves the pain of the gout, — R. sanguineus. Bark, 

 boiled in milk, used for the itch. 



HovENiA DULCis. Pcduncle fleshy, sweet tasted, esculent. 



New Jersey tea, Ceanoihus Americanus, Leaves used for 

 tea. 



Apalachian tea, Prinos glaher. Leaves used as tea. 



Black alder, Prinos verticillatus. Bark, prinos, P. U. S., 

 febrifuge. 



? Aristotelia MAcaui, A, glandulosa. Fruit eaten with 

 sugar, or rubbed down with water for a drink. 



139. BERBERIDEiE. 



*Ber BERTS Oxycantha, B. vulgaris. Berries, herherries, pip- 

 peridges, very acid, incisive, astringent, hepatic ; bark useful in 

 jaundice as an aperitive ; root very bitter : root, wood, and bark 

 give wool a yellow colour destructible by air and soap. 



*Alpine barren wort, Epimedium Alpinum. Roots and 

 leaves astringent. 



Black turnip, Leontopetalon, Leontice leontopetalon. Root 

 stomachic. 



Red turnip, Chrysogonum^ Leontice chrysogonum. Root 

 stomachic. 



140. NYMPHEACE^. 



^Yellow water lily, Nymphcea lutea. Root astringent, 

 contains a quantity of fecula. 



*White water-lily, Nymphcea alha. Root astringent, 

 refrigerant ; a weak infusion useful in leprosy, dose a pint night 

 and morninff. 



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Egyptian bean, Jamaica neater-lily^ Faha jEgyptiaca, Nym-- 

 plicBa nelumhoy NelumUum speciosum. Root used as food ; liquor 

 that runs out of the footstalk when cut, used in loosenesses and 

 vomitings, also diuretic and cooUng ; seeds nutritive ; bark is said 

 to form Chinese rice paper, others ascribe it to artocarpus jaca. 



