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Poland, and North America. — Linseed cahe, Uni placenta. Left 

 after the oil has been pressed out ; used for feeding cattle and 

 broken winded horses. — * Dwarf icild Jiax^ Mill mowitain, L, 

 catharticum. Purgative in doses of 3ss to 5). — L, selaginoides. 

 Herb bitter, and aperitive. 



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*FiELD PINK, Caryophyllus arvensis, Holosteum umhellatum ; — 

 *Chick weed, Alsine, A. media; — A, mucronata ; — *Spurry, 

 Spergida arvensis; — *Mouse-ear chick weed, Alsine hirsuta 

 viyosotis, Cerastum vidgatum ; — *Broad-leaved mouse-ear 

 chick-weed, Alsine hirsuta altera viscosa, Cerastum viscosum ; — 

 •Great marsh chick-weed, A. aquatica major, C. aquaticum ; 

 — *CoRX mouse-ear, C. arvense ; — C repens. All cooling, 

 moistening herbs, nourishing cattle, used as spinach. 



*Saxd wort, Arenaria media. Externally used in whitlows 

 and other inflammations. — A, peploides. Herb fermented and 

 made into Iceland beer. 



*Sea s FURRY, Arenaria marina. Very succulent. — Pickled sea 

 spurry. Sold for samphire. 



•Great stitch-wort, Stellaria holostea ; — 5. alsijie. Cooling, 

 moistening, used as spinach. 



Gypsophila saxifraga ; — G. struthinm ; — G. muralis, 

 Lithontriptic ; and used for soap-wort in lues. 



Cow BASIL, Vaccaria, Saponaria vaccaria. Seed heating, 

 diuretic. 



•Soap- wort, Saponaria, S. officinalis. Attenuating, opening, 

 antivenereal. 



•Clove pink, (love gilljjfiower, Caryophyllus ruber, Veronica, 

 Dinnthts caryophyllus. Flowers, tunicce, cephalic, cordial, anti- 

 c, nervine, in doses of 3j to 3J ; useful in heartburn and 

 _ i^i fevers: the odour is improved by drying. — CEillet 

 des Chartrkux, Dianthns Carthusianus ; — *Deptford pink, 

 Caryophyllus pratensis, Dianthus armeria ; — Sweet William, 

 /). harhatits ; — Fringed pink, D. superbus ; — *Stone pink, 

 Maiden pin/t, J), arenarius, and the other species of dianthus, have 

 similar qualities but weaker. 



Great saxifrage, Saxifraga antiquorum, Silene saxifraga. 

 Herb used in calculous disorders. — ^LobeVs catch-Jly, Behen album, 

 Silene armeria ; — lied catch-Jlt/, Silrne musripula ; — S. beJien, 

 1' 'rdial. — S. Virginiva. ll(X)t in decoction vermifuge. 



i I.ING poppy, White bottle, IVhite behen, Behen album, 

 ( ifridnilus behen ; — * Campion, Bachelor s button, Lychnis dioica ; — 

 ^Catchjiy, L. viscaria ; — ^Cuckoo fioxcer, Meadoxv-pink, It. Jios 

 cucidi, lioots cordial. 



