24 A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, fyc. 



Melothria pendula, (Creeping cucumber.) — Me. & de L. 

 Diet, de Mat. Med. t. IV., 322 ; Journ. de Chimie Med. III.,49& 

 Employed as a purgative, some say of a very drastic nature- 



Mentha tenius, (Am. spear mint.) — Matson's Veg. Pract. 286. 

 Said by Culpepper to be an aphrodisiac. "English physician," 

 214 ; see magnolia glauea. loc. sup. Dr. Thompson says it is a 

 specific in allaying vomiting and nausea. 



Mitchella repens, (Mitchella, partridge berry.) — Ell. Bot. Med. 

 Note, 199. An infusion of the stems and leaves, used in dysu 

 ry. Its diuretic powers are not great. Op. cit. 



Monarda punctata, (Dotted monarda. Origanum.) Chap. The- 

 rap. II., 302 ; Ell. Bot. 30 ; U. S. Disp., 462; Am. Med. Record. 

 II., 496; Ball. & Gar. Mat. Med. 360; Me. & de L. Diet, de 

 Mat. Med. ; a stimulant, carminative and highly aromatic plant, 

 t. IV., 444; Bull, des sc. Med. de Ferus. XL, 302; very aroma- 

 tic. A popular emmenagogue. Chapman mentions a case of 

 long standing deafness, cured by the oil poured into the ear. It 

 is used in allaying nausea and vomiting, in bilious fever. See 

 Diet, de Mat. Med. 



Morus alba, (White mulberry.)— Bell's Pract. Diet. 319 ; U. 

 S. Disp. 463. Bark a purgative vermifuge. Its properties are 

 not very marked. 



M. rubra. U. S. Disp. 463. 



Myrica cerifera, (Swamp Myrtle.)— Ell. Bot. II„ 678; Mat- 

 son's Veer. Pract. 19S ; U. S. Disp., 200 ; Pe. Mat. Med., 786 ; 

 Big Am: Med. Bot.. III., 32 ; Am. Journ. Med. Sci., II., 313; 

 Bergii Mat. Medica II., 541 ; Nicholson's Journ. IV., 187, 129 ; 

 Kal m's Travels 1, 129; Dana in Silliman's Jour. 1; Thacher 

 Disp., 288 ; Me. & de L. Diet, de Mat. Med. t. IV., 531 ; De 

 Candolle's Essay, 272; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot., 180. The pow- 

 dered root of this plant is used to some extent by the Vegetable 

 practitioners as an astringent in scarlet fever, diarrhoea, dysente- 

 ry, and as a valuable gargle in sore-throat. The powdered bark 

 of root, according to Dr. Dana, proved powerfully sternutatory. 

 From the berries a wax is obtained, which possibly may be made 

 a source of profit. 



Nabalus {Prenanthes alba, Ell., (commonly called gall of the 

 earth.) — Root excessively bitter ; used in domestic practice as a 

 tonic. 



Napeta c.ataria, (Catnip.) — Matson's Veg. Pract., Ed. & Vav., 

 Mat. Med., 276; U. S. Disp., 191; Le. Mat. Med. II., 130; 

 Bergii Mat. Med. II., 540; Me & de L. Diet, de Mat. Med. t. 

 IV., 592. This is a stimulant tonic, employed, as a popular 

 remedy in amenorrhoea, chlorosis, hysteria, the flatulent colic 

 of infants, &c. Leaves, if chewed, are said to relieve toothache. 

 It is not spoken very highly of by the Dispensatory, said to be 

 employed with succes in hydrophobia. 



