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employed as external stimulants ; the former is seldom prescribed for 
any other purpose. A drop or two of the latter put into the hollow 
of a carious tooth often relieves the pain of tooth ache. 
Mace and nutmeg are given in doses of from five to twenty grains; 
\that of the volatile oil is from two to six or eight drops. 
Oir. Nutmeg ; Mace ; Oil of Nutmeg, Essen^ 
tial and Expressed ; Oil of Mace. 
Off. Pp. Spiritus Myristicse, L. E. D. 
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HUMULUS LUPULUS. 
The Hop* 
Class DiCEClA. Order Pentandria. 
Nat. Order, Scabrid^, Linn. URTiciE, Juss. 
Gen. Char. Male. Calyx five-leaved. Corolla none. 
Female. Calyx one-leafed, obliquely spread- 
ing, entire. Corolla none. Styles two. Seed one, within 
a leafy calyx. 
Spec. Char. 0. 
The Hop is an indigenous perennial rooted plant, with an annual 
stem flowering in June and July, and ripening its seeds in September. 
The male plant is very common in many parts of England, and 
found growing on banks and the sides of hedges. The female 
plant is very abundantly cultivated in Kent, Essex, Suflx>lk and Surry, 
• Fig. 1. represents the female plant. 2. The male plant, a. A male flower 
magnified, b. and c. Two riews of a magnified anther, b. The front, shewing the 
pores of the top. c. The back view. d. A single scale of the catkin, e. The 
pis till am. /. A seed. 
