The British Flora Medica, Or, a History of the Medicinal Plants of Great Britain: Illustrated by a Coloured Figure of Each Plant, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1845 - Botany |
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acrid acute anthers aromatic astringent bark Bauh berries bipinnate bitter boiled bractea branched bruised calyx capsule carpels Chamomile CHAR Colchicum Coltsfoot common common Centaury corolla cylindrical Danish decoction DESCRIPTION.-The root Dioscorides diseases distilled diuretic dose drachm dried dropsy Dutch eaten effects efficacy emmenagogue erect expressed juice externally extract filaments filiform five floret flowers in July four French fruit German globose gout Greek hairy half an ounce herb Hist infusion involucre Italian Latin leaflets leaves Linnĉus lobes margin MEDICAL PROPERTIES medicine nearly oblong obtuse odour ovate PENTANDRIA.-Order perianth petals petiolate pint plant Plate poisonous Portuguese powder PROPERTIES AND USES.-The QUALITIES quantity Raii Syn recommended rectified spirit remedy root is perennial roundish seeds segments sepals sessile smooth Spanish SPEC species stamens stem stigma stomach style sudorific Swedish SYNONYMES syrup taste terminated tincture ulcers umbels wine yellow