COMMON SWEET FLAG.
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any just grounds. Neither does there appear to be any real foundation for theassertions of Dr. Tytler ( Lancet, 1833-4, vol. i.), that malignant cholera (which he
Fig. 103.
Fig. 101
Fig. 102.
mm,
~yza sativa.
mm.
'j s morbus oryzeus !) is induced by it. Common Millet (Panicum miliaceum , fig. 102,)Hj. Italian Millet (Setaria italica ), are cultivated in Italy as articles of food.,,i a>z e or Indian Com (Zea Mays , fig. 103) is nutritive; hut being deficient in>a ttf n ’ ' s not a d a P te d f<> r manufacture into bread. It is apt to occasion diarrhoeaatirt ° se unaccustomed to it (Dunglison, Elern. of Hygiene, p. 289). In America , Asia,some parts of Europe , it is used largely for human sustenance. (For ^furtherj ' Jr,, i a ti°n respecting Maize , consult Cobbett’s Treat, on Cobhett's Com ; Quart.
Tn - Agric. i.; and Mlm. de VAcad. Roy. de Med. t. ii. p. 206, Paris , 1833).
Order 8. Acora'ce®, Lindl. —The Sweet Flag Tribe.
^ AconoiDE.K, Agardh, Schott.
^TUL Character. —Flowers hermaphrodite, surrounded with scales. Spathe leaf-t * e > not rolled up. Stamens complete, opposite the scales, with two-celled anthers^. r ned inwards. Ovaries distinct. Fmit baccate, finally juiceless. Needs albuminous,... the embryo in the axis. Rhizome j Anted. Leaves ensiform, embracing each
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r„ 0 - m the bud (Schott).
—Acorus Calamus is the only plant of the family whose properties are
Ac'orus Cal'amus, Lin. L. E .—Common Sweet Flag.
Sex. Sj/st. Hexandria, Monogynia.
(Rhizoma, L. Radix, E.)
D r H Jf°RY. —This is probably the Mopov of Dioscorides (lib. i. cap. 2).Ml • says that in Persian works akoron is given as its Greek ap-b; a * l0n - It must not be confounded with the icoXapoe apwfiariKog of(fj^ Cor idos, which, according to Dr. Royle (Essay on the Antiq. of00 Med. p. 33), is Andropogon Calamus aromaticus, Royle (vide p. 580).0 i ’any, Gen. Char. —Flowers arranged upon a spadix. Spatha
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