124 I. VEGETABLES.— Ranunculace^. 



181. DILLENIACE^. 



DiLLENTA spEciosA, — D. elUptica, Fruits used to acidulate 

 cooling drinks. 



182. RANUNCULACEiE. 

 Plants acrid ; many are poisonous. 

 Clematis Mauritian a. Used as a vesicatory. 



Wild traveller's-joy, Clematis vitalba. Bark and herb 

 caustic, raising blisters, ophthalmic ; young shoots eaten as a pot- 

 herb. — C. flammula ; — C. erecta. Caustic, burning ; used for 

 issues and venereal ulcers ; seeds drastic ; leaves used outwardly 

 in leprosy, internally, 313 or iij in Ibj boiling water, the infusion 

 to be drunk in a day and night, in inveterate syphilis. 



Virgin's bower, Clematis, C. viticella ; — Atragene Alpina, 

 Leaves used as a poultice in leprosy ; seeds purgative. 



*Lesser meadow-rue, Thalictrum minus ; — T. oquilegifolium ; 

 — T, angustifolium. Roots and herbs bitter, purgative, diuretic, 

 useful in old ulcers and the jaundice. 



*Spanish meadow-rue, Pseudo-rhabarharum, Thalictrum 

 flavum; — * Meadow-rue^ English rhubarb, T. majus. Roots sub- 

 stituted for i^ubarb, requires a double dose. 



Yellow anemone, Anemone vernalis ; — A. pratensis ; — * Wood- 

 anemone, Wood'croicfoot, A. nemorosa ; — IVJiite ivood-anemone, 

 A. sylvestris. Plants acrid, caustic, exulcerating, used in gout 

 and rheumatism ; being chewed, they act as sialogogues ; flowers 

 poisonous. 



*PAsauE FLOWER, Pulsatilla, Anemone pulsatilla. Root acrid, 

 sternutatory ; leaves detersive. 



Garden anemone, Anemone coronaria. Less caustic. 



Hepatica, Hepatica nobilis, Trifolium aureum. Anemone 

 hepatica. Aperitive, vulnerary, useful in diabetes and dysentery ; 

 leaves detergent in diseases of the skin, or in gargles. 



*Lesser celandine, Pileicort, Chelidonium minus, Ranun- 

 culus Jicaria, Juice of the root acrid, styptic, useful in piles, 

 being weakened with wine or beer; leaves caustic, but mild, and 

 eaten in Sweden, according to Linnaeus. 



*Lesser spear-wort. Ranunculus flammeus minor, R. flam- 

 mida ; — * Great spear-wort, R, flammeus major, R. lingua; — 

 Alpine crow-foot, Thora, Ranunculus thora. Very acrid, cauterises 

 the skin ; poisonous to man and horse. 



*Upright meadow crow-foot, Buttercups, Ranunculus acris. 



