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Show = = eSSee — aa ES =SS 2 eee ee ee . 536 CORN POPPY. Put the flowers, by degrees, into the boiling water, in a water bath, constantlystirring them. After this, the vessel being taken out of the bath, macerate for twelve hours; then press out the liquor, and set it apart, that the feces maysubside. Lastly, makeit into a syrup with doublerefined sugar, The design of putting the flowers into boiling water in a water bath is, that they maybe little scalded, so as to shrink enough to be all immerged in the water; without this precaution they can scarce be all got in: but they are to be continued no longer overthe fire thantill this effect is produced, lest the liquorbe. come too thick, and the syrupbe rendered ropy. As a medicine, it has little power. The dose of this syrup is half an ounce to an ounce. The red syrupis often used to colour medicines, and given to infants in the dose of a tea-spoonful. PRESCRIPTION. R,. Takeof syrup of red poppies tincture of opium -. « drachms 2, drops 20, ———— cinnamon water ~- ounce - i. rose water - - ~ ~ drachms 4: Makeinto a draught, to be taken at bed-time. CLOVE TREE. CARYOPHYLLUS AROMATICUsS. a Class XIII. Polyandria. Order I. Monogynia. Essent. GEN. Cuar. Corolla four-petalled: Calyx four-leayed: Berry one-seeded, beneath. Spec. Cuar. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, opposite: Flowers terminal, EE DESCRIPTION, Tus is not a lofty tree, and divides into large branch es. The leaves are large, entire, and stand uponshort footst alks. The flowers terminate the branches. The colourof the petal s is blue. The pericarp is one-celled, umbilicated, and termin ated by the indurated conyerging calyx. The seed is a large oval berry. HISTORY. Cloves yield by distillation with water about one seventh of their weight of volatile oil ; 960 parts also gaye to Neumann 380 |