10 CALYCI FLORAE. 



mon use from time immemorial in India. As to 

 the mode of administering, the directions given by 

 Celsus are; " Cum pridie multum allium ederit, vomat 

 postoroque die, mali punicis tenues radiculas colliegat 

 quantum manu comprehendet ; eas contusas in aquae 

 duobus sextariis decoquat, donee tertiapars supersit; huic 

 adjiciat nitri panlum etjejunus bibat." It is directed, in the 

 Dictionnaire de Matiere Medicale that two ounces of the 

 fresh root be boiled in a pint and a half of water to one pint, 

 a third of which is to be a dose, and repeated every hour 

 till the whole is taken. It is recommended to be adminis- 

 tered in the morning, on an empty stomach, and followed 

 by a dose of oil. In the same woik it is stated that this 

 decoction has been employed as a remedy for the round 

 worm and ascarides, and it has been found superior to any 

 other medicine. It may be given for the round worm in 

 doses of two drachms — to half an ounce ; and for the as- 

 carides it ought to be given in injection. When the 

 root is dried, a smaller proportion of it is to be used in 

 preparing the decoction. The effects of an over dose are, 

 sickness at the stomach, giddiness, uneasiness in the bow- 

 els, and sometimes headache. Dr. Elliotson considers, the 

 bark of the root in the state of powder the most effectual 

 form. From one to two drachms may be given three times 

 daily, followed, the ensuing morning, by a dose of oil. 



The rind of the fruit has alio a place in the Materia 

 Medica. It is very astringent, containing gum extract, 

 and tannin or tannic acid. A decoction prepared 

 from it has obtained a place in the London Phar- 

 macopeia for ]83(». Two ounces of the rind are 

 directed to be boiled in a pint and a half of dis- 

 tilled water to one pint: the dose of the strained Li- 

 quor is from half an ounce to an ounce. It has 

 been found u.eful not only in cases of Tapeworm, but 

 also in dysentery, and leucorhhoea. 



The blossoms or flowers, called balaustium, F\my in- 

 forms us, were employed in his. time as medicinal, and 

 in dving cloth. The infusion is occasionally used as a 

 vehicle in gargles and for astringent mixtures. 



The Pomegranate appears to have been very common in 

 Palestine, ana must have attained as a tree a considerable 

 height, as we read in 1. Samuel 14. 2. '-That Saul tar- 

 ried in the uttermost part of Gibeah, under a pomegranate 

 tree, which is in Migron." The fruit was at that time 

 highly esteemed, and we accordingly find frequent allu- 



