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has given it this vulgar name. Its infusion is administered in the 
‘same complaints as the Spanish chamomile; but the principal use of 
the plant is for making brooms, which are of an inferior quality. It 
forms also a dye, which is now but little used. The Santolina tine- 
torta, Molina, adopted by Persoon and Steudel, is a 7 
spay; as has been observed by Sprengel. 
typnum. Li. Many species are met with on the barks of nes, 
on rocks, in the woods, and on the margins of drains. These plants, 
like others of the family of mosses which grow in this country, are 
not of sufficient interest to merit enumeration; besides, this labor re- 
quires much time, and the means of comparison, which are not al- 
ways possessed by a travelling naturalist. 
Hypocheris. L. The name of escorzonera is given indifferently 
to two plants, which, at first sight, appear to belong to two different 
species, since one has a simple stalk, a single flower, and grows 
among the rocks of the highlands, and the other is ramose, with 
smaller flowers, and prefers sandy spots, near rivers, in the plain. 
Notwithstanding this, the intermediate characteristics which I have 
observed do not allow me to separate them: I will only say that 
the first should be referred to the H. Sonchoides, Kunth. The root 
of the escorzonera is much used in the country ; its decoction, con- 
sidered as refreshing, is employed in a multitude of cases, as in ca~ 
tarrhal affections, &c. Those who are recently delivered eee 
make use of it. : 
Jasminum officinale. 1. Jasmine; cultivated for the vehacuille 
and. sweetness of its flowers. The dasa; (J. Sambac, L.) is also 
met with in many gardens; the variety with double flowers is much 
esteemed, but the cultivation is more difficult. 
denier. Ralttont <: L.. Vulgarly, erenelindes- common in 
ardens i purely ornamental and ii us, varies 
much in its ee The double variety is little known. . } 
Tris Germanica, L. and pallida, Lamk. Liris. They 
with in gardens. The foliage and form of their flowers are sts 
singular: there is a variety with white flowers. The chatre capu- 
chino, (I. Sisyrinchium, L.) is less frequent. These plants are not 
much esteemed, on account of their short duration and the rapidity 
with which their corollas wither. 
Isaria crassa, and mucida. Pers. Two small mosses; the fst 
grows in the dead chrysalides of insects, and the second on rotten 
wood, in winter. Peay 
