A Medico- Botanical Catalogue of Plants. <S*c. 31 



Med. I \ I . 886. Where Dr. McBride 9 * diss, in the 12th vol. of 

 Trans. Lin. Soc. ia referred to. 



Saururus ceriums, (Lixard's tail.)— Ell. Hot. 433. The fresh 

 root, applied in the form of a poultice, as an emolient and discu- 

 tieni to inflamed surfaces. 



Srir/ms /xih/stris, (.Marsh club rush.) — Mo. et de L. Dirt, do 



Mat. Med. t \ 1 . 262. Said to be used in the manufacture of 



bonnets, medicinal also. See op. cit. 



Uaria integrifolia. U.S. Disp., L294. 



•V lateriflora. (Mad dog scull cap.) — U. S. Disp.. 1294, kpp. , 

 Watson's Pract. Physic, 386; Me. el de L. Diet, do Mat. Med. 

 t. VI.. 274; Bull, dela Faculty VII., 191; An. 1820, where 

 Spalding's report, concerning its anti-hydrophobic virtues, is re- 

 ferred to. Youatt spoke in very favorable terms of this remedy ,. 

 Watson loc. cit. It enjoyed the reputation of being the only 

 one for this disease. 



S samum indicum, (Bene.) — Coxe Am. Disp. art. sesamum 

 orientale. Me. et de L. Diet, de Mat. Med. t. VI., 331. The se- 

 same ot the Anabasis, mentioned by Dioscorides, Theophrastus, 

 and others. Some prefer the oil of the seeds to the oleum ricini. 

 In India it is regarded as emmenagoffue, and a provocative of 

 abortion. Coxe says it was very useful in a dysentery, which 

 prevailed in 1S03. ' See the Diet! do Mat. Med. 



Silene virginica. U. S. Disp. 1296, Ap. ; Me. et de L. Diet, 

 de Mat. Med.t VI. ,312; De Caudolle's Essay, 94; Lindley 

 Nat. Syst. Bot., 125. Decoction of root acts as an anthelmintic 

 Its vermifuge virtues should be examined into. 



N tymbrium amphibinm, (Water radish.) — Me. ot DeL. Diet, 

 de Mat. Med., t. VI., 365. Recommended for taenia by Didelot, 

 and, in the old works, as an antiscorbutic. Merat says the root 

 and young leaves are eatable in the spring. This plant might 

 also be noticed more particularly. 



Smihix-pseudo-ch'uiti, (China briar.) — Ell. Bot., II., 700; U. 

 8. Disp., 634; Per, Mat. Med., 133; DeCandolle Podrom., 1., 

 351. Considerable use made of this plant, in domestic practice, 

 in St. John's; basis of diet drinks; one of our best substitutes 

 for aai ilia. Dr. Prost ("Elements of Mat. Med.* 1 ) considers 



the S. horbacea, also, valuable as an alterative. Latter growfl in 

 rich ahadt d soils. 



8. tamnoidet, Mer. et DeL. Diet, de Mat. Med., t. VI., 384. 

 The t Merat, is also used in decoction, to purify the 



blood. Loc. cit. 



Utnum nigrum) 'Deadly night shade.) — Trous. et Pid. 

 Traite de Therap. et de Mat Med., t. [.,206; Eb. Mat. Med., II., 

 S9; U.S. Disp., 304; Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 343 ; Royle Mat 

 Med • 196; Pe. Mat. Med., II., 326; Le, Mat. Med . II.. 272; 

 Mer. el DeL, Diet, de Mat. Med., t VI., 117; Journ. de Chim 



