32 A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants^ fyc. 



Med., Ill , 541 and 422; Nouv. Joum. de Med., X., 67; Alibert 

 Nouv. Elemens. de Therap. t. I., 417. Eberle says this plant is 

 "by far too much neglected." The berries are an active narcotic 

 poison. It is used with great advantage in chronic ulcers of a 

 cancerous nature, in scorbutic, herpetic and syphilitic eruptions. 

 The Diet, de Mat. Med. notices its effects in visceral obstructions 

 and in catarrh of the bladder, (le catarrhe vesical.) 



& caroliniense, (Horse nettle.) — Me. et DeL. Diet, de Mat. 

 Med., t. VI., 410. Recommended by Valentin, in tetanus, (non 

 traumatique.) They did not have it in sufficient quantities to 

 repeat the experiment; with us, it is abundant. It possesses 

 some reputation among the negroes as an aphrodisiac. 



Sol Ida go sempervirens. — Mer. et DeL. Diet, de Mat. Med., t, 

 VI., 436. 



Sonchus oleraceus. — Mer. et DeL. Diet, de Mat. Med., t. VI., 

 439. Emollient. 



Spergula arvensis. — Mer. et DeL. Diet, de Mat. Med., t. VI., 

 497. "Cows which feed on it give milk in larger quantities and 

 of a richer quality." Loc. cit. 



Spigelia marilandica, (Pink root.) — Eb. Mat. Med., 214 ; Ell. 

 Bot., 237 ; Fr. Elems., 1S7; Le. Mat. Med., II., 377 ; Big. Am. 

 Med. Bot., I., 142 ; Home Chim. Exper., 420 ; Murray App. 

 Med., 1 , 548 ; Royle Mat. Med., 469 ; Thompson InaiVff, Diss. 

 Feneulla Joum. de Pharm., IX., 197; Griff. Phil. Jour. Pharm., 

 App. 1833 ; cit. in Big.; Chalmers on Weather and Dis. of So. 

 Carolina, L, 67 ; Garden's Essav Phvs. and Liter., III., 145, and 

 Lining, vol. L. 386 ; Ess. and Obs., Phys. and Lit.; Bell's Pract. 

 Diet., 433 ; Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 595 ; Pe. Mat. Med., II., 

 344; U.S. Disp., 680; Ball. & Gar. Mat. Med., 334; Bergii 

 Mat. Med., t. I., 96 ; Me. et DeL. Diet, de Mat. Med., t. VI., 502; 

 Coxe Am. Disp., 128 and 558 ; Bull, des Sc. Med. de Ferus., XL, 

 301 ; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot., 299 ; Bart. Am. Med. Bot., II., 80. 

 Abundant in rich spots, margin of roads, &c; well known as an 

 anthelmintic, cathartic and narcotic. Of v-^ry great use on the 

 plantations in St. John's, as a vermifuge. 



Styllingia sylvatica, (Queen's delight.) — U. S. Disp., 687; 

 Frost, in So. Journ. Med. and Pharm., Oct., 1846. A valuable 

 ingredient in the composition of diet drinks. Adds to the efficacy 

 of sarsaparilla. Used in St. John's, in the treatment of syphilis, 

 and as an alterative in scrofula and cutaneous diseases generally. 

 A very acrid milk exudes in great abundance from the bruised 

 surface. Those living in the country, where it is very abundant, 

 should ascertain the virtues of this plant with greater certainty. 

 It is worthy of an examination. 



& sebifera.—Me. et. DeL. Diet, de Mat. Med., t. II., 476; see 

 Croton sebif. of Mich. An ointment made from this is applied 

 in nocturnal fevers, The Chinese, according to Thunberg, em 



