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r aC y 0 f ?[ n can 'ying a bundle of the plant on his head. But the accu-diandh i? le,se observations has been called in question by Jos. FrankGe re _) r f}, S. 61, 1803); by Dunal, and by Fages (Orfila, Toxicol.

very j ar t ® hrst gave the decoction, the latter the extract and fruit, in(; SKs ^ e ooses, without any obvious effects.

Ca tarrhs'^'^ U ^ Cainara ' ias ^ een thought serviceable in chronic pulmonaryVa, iou s , ln Rheumatic gouty complaints, in chronic skin diseases, and inbeen f 0 Ca . Cle( -'tic conditions of the system, in which sarsaparilla hasn °tice of u ^ ene ficial. As a remedy for lepra, it was introduced to thebeen d l * ri,as h practitioners by Dr. Crichton. For this disease it hasG arc:( t a most effectual remedy by Bateman ( Synopsis of Cutcn.s l>t‘aks f . wp ile Bayer [Treat. onDis. of the Skin, by l)r. Willis, p. 91),Which t i S°°d effects in eczema and psoriasis. In the few cases inD Eco lave tried it, it proved useless.

down ]iy] JAr ^ >ULCAMAliJE -> L. K. D.—(Dulcamara, sliced [choppedslr ainl rl-^ X '’ "ater [distilled, L.], Oiss. Boil down to a pint, andfjss. f 0 f . la phoretic and diuretic. The usual dose, stated in books, is°Un Ces 1 But I have given fSiv. at a dose, llayer has given four°t the root in decoction in twenty-four hours.

Psicum, an'nuum, Linn. L. E. D.— Common Capsicum; Chilly.

Sex. Syst. Pentandria, Monog^nia.

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H^t of Capsicum annuum and other species; Capsicum or Chillies, E. — Capsule cumseminibus, V.)

Cap The Piperitis or Siliquastrum of Pliny [Hist. Nat. lib. xix.

xx. cap. 66, ed. Valp.) is declared by Sprengel [Hist.confjj • y°l. i. p. 201) to be undoubtedly Capsicum annuum. Butas to th - Ce ln this opinion is greatly diminished by the doubt entertainedHoyi e PBnt being a native of Asia (Roxburgh, FI. Ind. vol. i. p. 573 ;■^aierica y' S ^ r ' P- 279). Of course, if it be exclusively a native ofa.cq Ua i ’ ’-here is no reason for supposing that Pliny could have been^Uarius The term capsicum (ku^ikov) occurs first in

Gen. Char .— Calyx five-toothed, persistent. Corolla rotate,i ll ice] ess ' Anthers converging, two-celled, dehiscing by fissures. Berry halved f v pa > ,er y> bollow, two- to four-celled, many-seeded, naked. Seeds8p w q ees von Esenbeck, Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xvii. part i. p. 62).siriooq. IIA J t ~ B eduncles solitary. Fruit oblong, pendulous. PetiolesHtrI JU ^ em herbaceous. (Willdenow .)acUu finat Ce ° M * annua b on e to two feet high. Leaves ovate or oblong,llI1 dern P fi, p)n g-stalked, almost entire, sometimes hairy on the veinss hap e v . Flowers white. Berry either scarlet or yellow, variable inl{ 4 ) t oblong, round, or cordate,in Tiig] an ^ niG1 a ca - A doubtful native of the East Indies. Cultivated

m° re Q r Rl , PTl0N -—The dried fruit, sold by druggists as chillies, is flat,calyx a i CSS shrivelled, oblong, blunt or pointed at one end, while thethe berr^ r are usually attached at the other end. The length of"He-haif t ltlc ^ c P enf iont of the stalk) is two or three inches, the breadtho three-quarters of an inch, the colour yellowish or reddish-

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