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Equally caustic ; root used, when dry, as a febrifuge in inter- 

 niittents. 



*RoL'XD-ROOT CROW-FOOT, Bajuniculuii, P. U. S., M, bulhoms. 

 Very acrid, kills rats, but not sheep ; root used as a vesicatory ; 

 yields a nutritive faecula. 



*Marsh crow-foot, Rauuncnlus pahtstris, B. scleratus ; — 

 * Water crow- foot, i?. aquatiUs ; — *Corn cro?c-foot, R. arvcnsis. 

 Very acrid and poisonous, but eaten by animals in some countries. 



*WooD CROW-FOOT, Ranuuculiis, anricomus. Less acrid, used 

 while young as a potherb. By drying, most of the ranunculi 

 lose their acridness. 



* Crow-foot, Jlam/ucidus, R. repcns. Herb used as a potherb 

 while young. — JVhite-Jloicered crow-foot^ Ranunculus montanus, R. 

 ncomtifoUus, Herb used to cure intermittents, by being applied 

 to the wrists. 



*Marsh MARIGOLD, Caltka palustrls. Herb acrid, caustic, 

 useful externally in diseases of the reins or loins. 



*Peonv PcEonia officinalis. Root and seeds anti-epileptic, 

 cranienagogue. 



*MousE TAIL, Myosunis jninimus ; — Bird*s ei/e, Adonis ver- 

 nalis ; — *Pheasanfs eye, Red morocco^ A, autumnalis. Astringent ; 

 roots bitter. 



•Herb Christopher, Bane berries, Christophorianaf ActcEa 

 xpicata. Vulnerary, astringent ; juice of the berries affords a deep 

 black dye. — A, racemosa. Root, infused in spirit, used in rheu- 

 matic pains ; used also in astringent gargles. 



Zaxthorrhiza apiifolia. Root, yellow root, zajithorrhiza, 

 P. U. S., extremely bitter ; bitterness very permanent ; makes a 

 yellow lake. 



Hydrastis Canadfksis. Root, Canada yellow root, bitter, 

 used for calumbo ; gives out a most beautiful yellow colour. 



Black hellebore, Christwns ?ose, FAlrhorns niyer, Melani- 

 podimn, Ilcllchorus niyer. Root, hellebori nir/ri radix, nauseous, 

 violently purgative Ixith to man and horse, anthelmintic, diuretic 

 and enimcnagogue, also used as an exutory in cattle to keep open 

 i-^ULs; dose in powder, gr. x to 3j. Ojjicinal preparations. — 

 Tinct. helieb. nig., L, E. J). Extr. helleb. nig., K. J). 



Gold thread, Coptix trifoliata, Ilelleborus trifolius. Root 

 a pure bitter, used in thrush ; leaves dye yellow. 



•Wild black hellebore, Brar's-foot ; — Ilelleborus viridis, 

 II. byrjnah'sf. Qualities the same as black hellebore. 



Kast Inpian black hellebore, Ilrlleborns orientalis ? 

 Roots very different in appearance from the European ; qualities 

 the same. 



