Chap. 97.] 
THE MYRBHIS. 
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water, and tlien beaten up with the addition of oil of roses, 
arrest the growth of corrosive ulcers. But there is one very 
marvellous fact connected with this plant — it is quite sufficient 
to touch the sexual parts of any female animal with it to cause 
its instantaneous death. 
CHAP. 95. THE MILLEFOLIUM OE MTEIOPHTLLON ; SEVEN" 
KEMEDIES. 
The myriophyllon,'^^ by our people known ag the mille- 
folium " has a tender stem, somewhat similar to fennel-giant 
in appearance, with vast numbers of leaves, to which circum- 
stance it is indebted for its name. It grows in marshy lo- 
calities, and is remarkably useful for the treatment of wounds. 
It is taken in vinegar for strangury, affections of the bladder, 
asthma, and falls with violence ; it is extremely efficacious also 
for tooth- ache. 
In Etruria, the same name is given to a small meadow- 
plant,"^^ provided with leaves at the sides, like hairs, and par- 
ticularly useful for wounds. The people of that country say 
that, applied with axle-grease, it will knit together and unite 
the tendons of oxen, when they have been accidentally severed 
by the plough- share. 
CHAP. 96. THE PSETTPOBtTKION" ! EOTJR EEMEDIES. |V 
The pseudobunion"^^ has the leaves of the turnip, and grows 
in a shrub-like form, about a palm in height; the most 
esteemed being that of Crete. Por gripings of the bowels, stran- 
gury, and pains of the thoracic organs, some five or six sprigs 
of it are administered in drink. 
CHAP. 97. THE MYKEHIS, MYEIZA, OE MYEEHA I SEVEN 
EEMEDIES. 
The myrrhis,'''^ otherwise known as the myriza or myrrha, 
Or ten thousand leaves." The Myriophyllum spicatum of Linnaeus, 
according to most authorities, though Fee considers it very doubtful. 
"^^^ Possibly the Achillea millefolium of Linnseus, our milfoil or yarrow. 
It is still said to have the property of healing wounds made by edge-tools, 
for which reason it is known in France as the "carpenter's plant.'* 
''^ This assertion, as Fee remarks, is more than doubtful. 
'5 " Bastard turnip." Desfontaines identifies it with the Bunium aro- 
maticum ; Fee queries whether it may not be the Pimpinella tenuis of 
Sieber, found in Crete. The Berberis vulgaris has been also suggested. 
"'^ Desfontaines identifies it with the Scandix odorata of Linnaeus. Har- 
