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H. Annuus, Linn., (Common Sun Flower). Seed yield a valuable 

 oil, useful for lamps ; also has medicinal properties. 



Tanacetum* Vulgare, Linn., (Common Tansey). A well-known 

 domestic tonic, stomachic, and anthelmintic, useful in atonic dyspepsia, 

 hysteria, and intermittents ; also in amenorrhea ; and the oil is often 

 taken to produce abortion. The seeds are most effectual as a vermi- 

 fuge. Dose of the powder from 3 ss. to 3 i., two or three times a 

 day ; infusion is the best form. For a fatal case of poisoning by the 

 oil, see Am. Jour. Med. Set. (16, 256). 



Artemisia, - ]- Linn., (Worm-wood). We have three species of this 

 plant, viz. the Canadensis, the Caudala, and the Vulgaris; all of which 

 are bitter tonics, and might be employed where such medicines are in- 

 dicated. They are anthelmintic, stomachic, and antispasmodic, and 

 owe their virtues to an essential oil. 



Gnaphalium:): Polycephalum, Michx., (Life Everlasting Bal- 

 sam). A sweet-scented plant, employed as a popular remedy in dy- 

 sentery and other bowel affections ; an infusion of it is also used in 

 pulmonary and hemorrhagic affections; and externally, as a fomenta- 

 tion, in bruises, local swellings, and tumors. 



Erechtites Hieracifolius, R<tf., (Fire-weed). The whole plant 

 has a rank, nauseous odor, and a disagreeable, bitterish taste. In large 

 doses, emetic — employed in diarrhoea ; the essential oil is recommend- 

 ed for piles ; and externally, fomentations with the bruised plant, in 

 cases of contusions, wounds, ulcers, etc. 



Cacalia Atriplicifolia, Linn., (Indian Plantain). The leaves are 

 sometimes used as an application to wounds- 



Senecio§ Aureus, Linn., (Life Root, Squaw Weed). This plant 

 is sometimes called Gravel Root, and by the Indians Nuu-qua. It is a 

 certain diuretic and diaphoretic ; it increases the force of the circula- 

 tion, without producing any febrile symptoms ; is particularly useful in 

 cases of anemia, attended with cold extremities, and feeble circula- 

 tion ; a powerful emmenagogue, when given in form of the warm infu- 

 sion ; also antispasmodic, particularly recommended where the capil- 

 lary circulation is feeble. (Graham, in N. York Jour, of Med., vol. 3, 

 p. 366). 



Arnica Mollis, Hooker, (Soft Arnica). According to Dr. Thom- 

 son, (Lond. Disp,). the European species, (Montana,) contains an iga- 



* Name altered from the Greek athanasia, a, not, and thanatos, death, because 

 its flowers are lasting. 



t From Artemis, the Diana of the Greeks. 



t From the Greek gnaphalon, soft down, or wool. 



§ So named imm^Senex, an old man. 



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