12 A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, $*c. 



Callicarpa Americana, (French Mulberry.) — Dray. View. S. 

 O.j 62. Said to be useful in dropsical complaints. 



Callitriche Verna, (Water chick weed.) — Shec. Fl. Carol., 

 326. Domestic remedy in dropsy. 



Caprifolium. — See Lonicera. 



Catalpa Cordifolia. (Catalpa.) — U. S. Disp., 1240; Journ. 

 Phil. Coll. Pharm. VI, 352; Shec. Fl. Carol., 276. See Bryo- 

 nia catalpa. Decoction used by Japanese in Asthma. 



Capsella Bursa pastoris. — See Thlaspi Le. Mat. Med. I., 

 243 ; Bergii. Mat. Med. II., 589 ; Me. & de L., Diet, de Mat. 

 Med. t. VI., 732. 



Cassia chamaechrista, (Cassia.) — Me. & de L. Diet. Univ. 

 de Mat. Med., t. II., 129. Leaves are purgative 



C. Occidentalis.—Me & de L. Diet, de Mat. Med. t. II., 130 ; 

 Marcgrave in his Hist, of Brazil, mentions it as a remedy against 

 the poison of venomous animals, and in strangury. It is also 

 useful as an application in inflammation of the anus, and erysi- 

 pelatous eruptions. Merat. Loc. cir, 



Castanea pumilo, (Chinquapin.) —U. S. Disp., 189. Bark 

 employed in the cure of intermittents, of no great value. 



Cea/nothus Americana, (New-Jersey Tea tree.) — Ferrein Mat. 

 Med. III., 338; U. S. Disp., 1240 App. ; Ell. Bot. 291 ; Boston 

 Med. & Surg. Journ., 1835; Lind. Nat. Syst., 108; Me. & de 

 L. Diet, de Mat. Med., t. II., 165. An astringent in gonorrhceal 

 discharge. Mr. Tuomey informs me, that great use is made of 

 it in domestic practice in Chesterfield district, S. C. An infusion 

 of the leaves was employed during the Revolutionary War, as 

 a substitute for tea. I have experimented with the green leaves, 

 and obtained a liquor somewhat resembling common tea, both in 

 color and taste. Referring to its antisyphilitic powers, Ferrien 

 says, "Elle guerit aussi en moins de quinze jours les veneriens 

 les plus inveteres." The Indians used it in diseases of this 

 class. 



Celtis occidentalis. (Sugar berry.) — Me. & de L. Diet, de 

 Mat. Med. t. II., 170 ; Flore. xMed. I., 90. A febrifuge. 



Centaurea benedicta, (Blessed thistle.) — Trous. et Pid. Mat. 

 Med. and Therap. t. I., 253 ; Thompson Steam Pract. ; Ed. & 

 Vav. Mat. Med., 179 ; U. S. Disp. 196, Le I., 202 ; Pe II., 408 ; 

 Woodv. Med. Bot. 34, t. 14 ; Ann. de Therap. An. 1843, 206 ; 

 Bergii M. Med. I., 747 ; Me. and de L. diet, de Mat. Med. t. II., 

 171 ; Used in Dyspepsia, chronic Diarrhoea and Gout. Woodv. 

 loc cit. "It possesses marked tonic properties." A large dose of 

 decoction is emetic. It is employed as a febrifuge, in dyspepsia, 

 pleurisy and chronic peripneumony. Ed. & Vav. loc. cit. 



Cephalanthus occidentalis, (Button Wood.) — Ell. Bot 1S7. 

 Dray. View. S. C. 62 ; Me. & de L. Diet, de Mat. Med. t. II., 

 176 ; Shec. Fl. Carol. 376. Decoction used as a wash in palsy, 



