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Show 146 GUINEA PEPPER, too long. In ophthalmia from relaxation, the diluted juicé of capsicum is a sovereign remedy. Dr. Adair gave six or eight grains for a dose, made into pills, or prepared a tincture, by digesting half an ounce of pepper in a pound of alcohol, the dose of which, was one or two drachms diluted with water. As an aromatic of the most acrid and stimulant kind, it certainly maybe found efficacious.in some paralytic and goutycases, of to promote excitement where the bodily organs are languid and torpid. Bergius gave the seeds of capsicum, with great success; in inyeterate intermittents.. The pungency of the taste in the mouth is removed byrinsing the mouth with vinegar and water. SMALLER CENTAURY. CHIRONIA CENTAURIUM. GENTIANA CENTAURIUM. Class ¥. Pentandria. Order I. Monogynia. Esseny. Gen. Cuar. Corolla rotate: Pistil declined: Stamina sitting upon the tube of the corolla: Anthers at length, spiral: Pericarp two-celled. Spec. Cuan. Corolla funnel-shaped, five-cleft: Stem dichotomous: Pistil simple, EE DESCRIPTION. In rises from six to ten inches in height. The stalk is erect. The leaves are opposite, sessile, oblong, blunt. Flowers terminal, in bunches, of a pink or red colour. The calyx is cut into five erect small teeth. The corolla is funnel-sh aped, the tube is cylindrical, and the borderis divided into five egg-shaped Segments, HISTORY. This plant is annual, and grows wild in many parts of England on barren pastures. It flow ers between the months of June and August. £2 |