18 A Medico- Botanical Catalogue of Plants, fyc. 



mended the Euphorbiacese in diseases of the eye. Diet, de Mat 

 Med. 



Fagns sylvatica, (Beech.)— Shec. Fl. Carol., 559. 



G elseininum, sei?ipervirens, (Jessamine.) — Ell. Bot. 312, Med. 

 Note. Flowers and root are narcotic; a spirituous tincture of the 

 root has been used successfully in Rheumatism. 



Gentiana ochroleuca. — Ell. Bot., 340. 



G. catesbceil, 'Sampson's Snake root.) — Bell's Pract. Diet. 218 ; 

 U. S. Disp., 348 ; Me. et de L. Diet, de Mat. Med., t. 111., 361 ; 

 Coxe's Am. Disp., 304; Big. Am. Med. Bot. II., 138; (Samp- 

 son Snake Root,) an excellent bitter tonic used with decided 

 advantage in pneumonia and dyspepsia. Dr. McBride found 

 it very invigorating to the stomach. A popular remedy on the 

 plantations. 



Geranium maculatum, (Crane's Bill.) — Bell's Pract. Diet.,. 

 218 ; Eb. Mat. Med. I., 382 ; Big. Am. Med. Bot. 1, 89 Thach- 

 er's Am. Disp.. 224 ; U. S. Disp., 350 ; Royle Mat. Med., 573 ; 

 Bart. Med. Bot. I., 149 ; Pe. Mat. Med. and Therap. II., 751 ; 

 Am. Jour. Pharm. IV., 90; Jour. Phil. Coll. Pharm. I., 171: 

 Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 135; Schoepf. Mat. Med., 107; Bart', 

 Coll. 7 ; Cutler Mem. Amer. Acad. I., 469 ; Me. & de L/Dict, 

 de Mat. Med., t, III., 369 ; Coxe's Am. Disp., 304 ; Jour, de 

 Pharm. XIII., 287 ; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot., 137. Astrong as- 

 tringent adapted to passive hemorrhages, chronic diarrhoea, and 

 cholera infantum. It is injected in cases of gleet and leucorr- 

 hoea, and used as a wash for old ulcers. Bigelow speaks of it as 

 a powerful astringent, and recommends it as a substitute for the 

 imported and more expensive articles of that class. 



Guaphalium polycephalum, (Cat foot. Life everlasting.) — 

 Matsons' Veg. Pract., p. 275; U. S. Disp., 1258. "Piobably 

 possesses little medical virtue," a popular remedy in hemorrhagic 

 affection, and as a fomentation, in bruises and languid tumours. 

 Infusion employed by steam practitioners in fever, influenza, 

 fluoralbus and consumption. 



Gosyplum herbaceum, (Cotton.) — Pe. Mat. Med. II., 658 ; U. 

 S. D. 357 ; Med. and Surg. Journ. XIIL, 215, An. 1S28 ; Lon- 

 don Med. Gazette, Nov. 8th, 1839 ; West. Journ. Med. &Surg. 

 Aug., 1840 ; Royle's Illustrations, 84, & Mat. Med. 288 ; Me, 

 & De L. Diet, de M. Med. art. G. herbaceum, t. III., 409 ; Marc- 

 graves Braz., 60 ; Diet, de Sc. Nat. XXXIV., 15. See Me. et 

 de L. for references. Decoction of flowers used as an emollient 

 in diseases of the urinary organs. In Brazil the leaves are em- 

 ployed against the bite of scorpions and vipers, and, macerated in 

 vinegar, are applied to the head in hemicrania. Diet, de Mat. 

 Med. loc. cit. 



Gonolobus macrophyllus. Ell. Bot. I., 328 : Me. & de L, 

 Diet, de Mat. Med. t. III., 409; Ann. du Museum, XIV., 464 ; 



