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ill the form of decoction, while infusions are known to be 

 of service as injections in obstinate leucorrhani. From 

 the pulp surrounding the seeds, a refrigerating syrup is 

 prepared. The efficacy of the fresh bark of the root was 

 known to the Ancients, who praised it as a sure remedy 

 for the expulsion of the tape-worm. This effect has been 

 tested in our days with decided success The best way 

 of using the remedy is in the form of a decoction of two 

 ounces of the bark in two pints of water, boiled down to 

 one pint. A wine-glassful taken every hour early in the 

 morning is the dose generally administered. 



Though a native of the north of Africa, the Pomegranate 

 tree is extensively cultivated within the colony, especially 

 for the purpose of forming hedges. 



EPILOBIUM. Lin. 



(^Onagrarice.) 

 VIII. — I. OCTANDRIA MOXOaYNlA. LIN. SYST. 



30. Epilohmm villosum. Thbg. Stem herbaceous, 

 erect, round, branched, shaggy. Leaves sessile, alter- 

 nate, lanceolate, sawed, acute, hairy. Floicers ter- 

 minal, axillary, purple. • 



As a house-medicine, this herb, inhabiting the moun- 

 tains of several districts, is renowned for its usefulness in 

 cleansing foul ulcers. 



PILOGYNE. ScHRAD. 



( Cuciirbitacece.) 



XXII. 3. DIOECIA TRIANDRIA. LIN. SYST. 



31. Pilogyne EcMonii. Schrad, Dioecious. Root 

 tuberous ; stem climbing. Branches striped, nearly 

 quadrangular. Leaves stalked, triangular, cordate, 

 3-lobed, sharp-pointed, toothed, green and rough 

 above ; white, downy beneath. Flowers stalked, 

 axillary ; male ones small, white, racemose ; female 

 ones solitary. 



The porous resinous root of this old Hottentot remedy 

 is nauseous in taste. In the form of decoction, it acts 

 simultaneously as an emetic, cathartic, and diuretic. The 

 natives call it Bavidjes-wortel, and use it in cutaneous 

 affections, dropsy, and syphilis. The tincture, or infusion 

 of the root in wine or brandy, is, according to Thunherr/ 



