116 I. VEGETABLES. Cistine;e. 



160. PASSIFLOREiE. 



Passion-flower, Passiflora ccerulea; — Wild passion-flower, 

 Contrayerva, P. normalis ; — Red passion-flx)wer, P. incaniata. 

 Roots sudorific. 



Bull hoof, Dutchmaii's laudanum, Passiflora murucuja. Herb 

 made into a syrup, or flowers infused in rum, narcotic, used for 

 laudanum. 



Water lemon, Passiflora maliformis : — Siveet calibashy P. 

 laurifl)lia ; — Granadilla, P. hexangularis. Fruit esculent. 



Pafaw, Carica Papaya. Fruit nutritive; seed an excellent 

 vermifuge; leaves saponaceous; milky juice corrosive, is mixed 

 with water, and used to wash meat to make it tender. 



161. VlOLxlCEiE. 



Pombolia irECACUANHA, luodium ipecacuanha, Viola ipeca- 

 cuanha. Root, ichite ipecacuanha, emetic, milder than the false 

 kinds, but mostly adulterated with them ; dose gr. v to 3ij ; in 

 small doses, gr. ss to gr. ij, given frequently, it is diaphoretic, 

 expectorant, and stomachic. In both methods it is antidysenteric ; 

 gr. V, or enough to excite nausea, given an hour before the fit, has 

 been successful in intermittents. 



Viola ibonbou ; — V. parviflora. Roots emetic. 



*DoG VIOLET, March violet, Viola canina ; — * Purple violet, 

 Viola odorata, (petals made into syrup) — ^Hearts ease, Pensee, 

 Viola tricolor. Flowers moistening, pectoral; seeds diuretic; 

 roots expectorant, slightly emetic, and in doses of 3j, cathartic. 



American violet, viola, P. U. S. Viola pedata. Root 

 emetic. 



162. CISTINE^.. 



The plants of this order are astringent or pectoral. 



*DwARF ciSTUS, Little sun-flov:er, Ilelianthemum Anylicum 

 luteum, Cistus helianthemum ; — Cistus pumana ; — *C. yuttatus, and 

 the other species are astringent. The parasitic plant hypocistus, 

 Cytinus hypocistus, grows chiefly on the Cistus incanus. — C. 

 Creticus, C. Lau?'iJolius. Yields labdanura. — C, ladaniferus. 

 Yields the inferior sort of labdanum. 



Male holly rose, Cistus mas, C. villosus ; — Female holly 

 rose, C. foemina, C. salvifolius. Leaves and flowers are astrin- 

 gent. 



163. LINEiE. 



*Fl ax, Linum, L. usitatissimum. Seeds, lini usitatissimi semina, 

 linseed, emollient, diuretic ; yield oil ; imported from Russia, 



