118 I. VEGETABLES.— Diosmej:.' 



*CocKLE, Agrostemma githago ; — Ttose campion, A. coronaria ; 

 — A. Jlos Jovis ; — A. coeli-rosa. Roots vulnerary, astringent ; 

 seeds purgative. 



165. CUSPARIEiE. 



CuspARiA fehrifaga, Bonplandia trifoliata. Bark, angostura 

 hark^ cusparicB cortex, in pieces of different lengths, aromatic, 

 intensely bitter, tonic, stimulant, very useful in dyspepsia, diar- 

 rhoea, and dysentery ; dose gr. v to xx. Imported from Cadiz 

 and the West Indies, in casks. 



? Carolina shrub trefoil, Ptelea trifoliata. Fruit bitter, 

 aromatic, used as a substitute for hops. 



166. ZANTHOPHYLLE.E. 



Japan pepper, Piper Japonicum, Fagara piperita. Bark, 

 leaves, and fruit aromatic, used as spice. 



Cacatin, Fagara Guianensis. Used as spice. — F. octandra. 

 Yields tacamahaca in the shell. 



TooTH-ACH TREE, Zantlioxylum. clava HercuUs. Leaves 

 sudorific, diuretic, sialogogue, even taken internally, used in 

 rheumatism and palsy ; expressed juice of the roots, coch. ij, 

 antispasmodic; roots, in infusion, used as a collyrium, powder 

 of the bark of the roots useful in dressing putrid sores. 



Prickly ash. Prickly yellow wood, %anthoxylum Carihhceum, 

 Z, fraxineum. Bark, zantlioxylon, P. U. S. febrifuge, dyes 

 yellow. 



Rave NTS AR A, Evodia aromatica, Agatlwphyllum aromaticum, 

 E. ravensara, Ravensara aromatica. Bark aromatic, red; nut 

 resembles both cloves and pimento ; kernel extremely hot, biting, 

 with a strong spicy smell ; leaves an excellent tonic cordial spice, 

 form an agreeable cordial, yield an oil. 



Bastard dittany, Fraxinella, Dictamnus albus. Root rather 

 bitter, cordial, cephalic, alexiterial, uterine, anti-epileptic, vermi- 

 fuge, in powder 3j, twice a day. 



167. DIOSMEiE. 



BucKHO, Diosma Crenata. Powder of the leaves strong smell- 

 ing, tonic, astringent, and diuretic. In gleet, and other diseases 

 of the urinary passages. Also in dyspepsia and chronic diarrhoea. 

 Officinal preparations. — Tinct. et infus. buchu, D, 



168. RUTACEiE. 



*RtJE, Buta hortemis, R, graveolens. Leaves, rutce folia, 



