MYROXYLON PERUIFERliAf 
an egg ; the macilage is neither precipitated, coagulated, nor : • 
turbid by the addilion of alcohoi. 
Medical Properties and Uses. Sassafras 9f>oa nftp? 
Uiction into Europe, was held iti great es; 
. reputation for curing many diseases; it v . - 
ess sudorific, diuretic, aod corroborant powers ; 
wirly efficacious iu venereal and scorbutic diseases, 
iave been the effects produced by this remedy a c. a 
;>re8ent day no reliance is placed upon it as a remedial 
s ; as a gentle stimulant and s>i. 
vith more powerful niediiiiio- 
used in modern practice but in com 
sttrnapiuv. ; of the ia tier; list 
tial oil is ; sorific, and naay L. 
in doses of from two to live drops, iu some suitable vehicle. 
The Wood and t; d Oil, i, 

Sivcet-smtii:::- j..,. 7'.* 
Ciass DHCANDmA. — Order MoNOOYNIA. 
Nil. Ord. LOMENTA€E-aE, /Jn. SllNOS-M,Jim 
Gen. Char. C^^ n\^;oiAhed. r 
the upper one ; ners. fhrmen i 
ire corolla. Legume with one seed only, at the p 
^ LeafieU pointed, emarginai 
ThePekuv jfthewB 
"f Soutli America ; giovvijtg on ihe . of PanaJainuis, 
•i.e forests of Mu-«.: b ■,-,.,> 
■he' pericarpimn.. h. A 9Xnu-"0 mii!;m(><t<^ , 
