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Show 240 STINKING GOOSE-FOOT, OR ORACH. MEDICAL USE. Dr. Cullen says “that it has been frequently employed in hysterics and spasmodic complaints with advantage ; not, however, so frequently as might be expected, as it is a plant, in its fresh state, not always ready at hand, and inits dry state it losesall its sensible qualities. It can only be employedtherefore in its recent state, and the most convenient formula is that of a conserve ; andasit is not always easy to reconcile our patients to it even in that state, it is not employed so oftenas I could wish.” —Mat. Med. vol. ii. p. 365. Boerhaave gives a like commendation of the plant, and adds, that the leaves applied externally hasten suppuration: “¢ Folia emolliunt, dolores sopiunt, et swppurationem maturescunt.” COMMON ELM. ULMUS CAMPESTRIS. Class V, Pentandria. Order 11. Digynia. Calyx five-cleft: Corolla none: Berry dry, com- Esent, Gen, Cyar, presso-membranaceous. SPEC. C Cuar. , Leaves twice-serrate, unequal at the base. ES I p bec oe DESCRIPTION. 7 H : tree, covered with a rough crinkled bark. Ty ‘othe Weaa large Aca bo Ralloavee , : ate upon ovate, rough, doubly serrate, and altern rTshor eaves are Aa, ft ( t peduncles. The flower precedes the leaves. The seed is ound, but somewhat compressed. HISTORY. 7 ThiUS tree is common in Middlese s x, but is said not to be found j in Mi lorth of Stamford . ae MEDICAL VIRTUE. a bitmet tough bark abounds with a slimy juice, of wounds by the Hisking aaa was employed by Fallopius to unite ention. But it is nowchiefly employed as a piisan for R |