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Chap. Mat. Med. and Therap. 1, 361 : U. S, Disp,, 187; Ed. 

 ft Vav. Mat Med., 345; Kb. Mat Med. U.,219; 111'. B .t. I.. 



6; Big. Am. Med. 1 5< > t . [1,65; Thacher'a Disp. Art. A. tube- 

 rosum, [54; Bart Med. Bot [,244; Lind. Nat. Syst. 304 ; Am. 

 Med. Record. 111., 334; Chap. Therap. and Mat. Med., 389; 

 Pr, Blems. 217 Bell's Pract Diet Mat Med., 82; Cull. I., 6; 

 Me. &deL. Diet de Mat Med. 1 1, 167: Prodr. 15S : An. 1S10; 

 Shec. PI. Carol. 220; Bart Colt. Mat. Med., Is : Lind. Nat 

 v 5t, 304. Used in Dysentery, and as an eschacotic foriungous 

 growths. Diaphoretic sudorific and purgative ; u has the singu- 

 lar property of exciting general perspiration without increasing 

 in any perceptible degree the heat of the body.'' (Iiindiey see A. 

 decunibens.) Of some value ID Rheumatism, Catarrh, subacute 

 Pneumonia, and in Phthsis as a palliative. Dr. Macbride, expe- 

 rimented very largely with this plant. 



Isdepia* Ytrt'tcillatn, (Dwari .Milkweed.) — Domestic remedy 

 in repute for bite of snakes. This is said to be very deservedly 

 celebrated by those who have used it in the upper districts of 

 South-Carolina. 



Asparagus officinalis^ (Grows wild on banks of Cooper Riv- 

 er.)- -U. S. Disp. 1230 App. ; Ed. 0c Vav. Mat. Med., 3IS, etc. 



Ister tortifolius. — Used in domestic practice. 



Baecharis halimifolia : (Sea Myrtle, Consumption weed.) — 

 Shec. Fl. Carol, 256. This plant is of undoubted value and of 

 very general use in domestic practice as a palliative and demul- 

 cent in consumption and cough. "The Hark is said to exude a 

 Gum so much resembling honey, as to attract bees in great num- 

 ber.-, ^hec. loc. cit. 



Baptisia tinctoria, (Wild Indigo.) — Barton's Med. Bot. II., 

 57 : D. S. Disp., 1231 ; Lind. Nat. Syst. Hot. 153. In larire do- 

 ses a cathartic and emetic, roots and herbage possess antiseptic 

 properties. Dr. Comstock, speaks highly or its efficacy in threat- 

 ened or existing mortification — virtues reside in cortical part of 

 the root. Eberle uses a decoction m aggravated cases of ulcera- 

 ted Umbilicus ; see ''Diseases of children," p. 98. 



Berberis canadensis, (Barberry.) — U. S. Disp.. 1233 App. ; 

 Lind. Nat. Sys. Bot. 30; Shec. PI. Carol, (see B. vulgaris,) 268. 

 Domestic remedy for Jaundice. Root used as a yellow dye. 

 The irritability of its stamens is very remarkable. It is said to 

 have a singular effect upon wheat growing near it. turning the 

 ears black for 50 or 100 yards around. 



Bignonia capreolata. -Shec Fl, I 'arol., 278, (see !> Setigera.) 

 A detergent and alterative, very similar I taparilla. 



Buseus sempervirens, (Box.) — Ed. & \av. Mat. Med., 612 ; 

 Le. I., 211: Bergii. Mat. Med. II., 799. 



( actus. — See Opuntia. 



