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Show PANSIE, OR THREE-COLOURED VIOLET. 733 materia medica represent this plant as a powerful medicine in epilepsy, asthma, ulcers, scabies, and cutaneous complaints, yet the Viola tricolor owes its present character as a medicine to the modern authorities of Storck *, Metzger t, Hoase, and others ; especially as a remedy for crusta lactea. For this purpose, a handful of the fresh herb, or half a drachm of it dried, and boiled two hours in milk, is to be strained, and taken night and morning. Bread with this decoction is also to be formed into apoultice and applied to the part. It merits certainly the attention of the English physicians. * De Viola tricolore. Erlang, 1782. + De crusta lactea infantum ejusdemque remedio dissertatio, quam Acad, Scient. Lugd. Gall, premio coronavit, 1776. Franc.ad Moen. 1779. See also London Medical Journal, vol. iis PAN S.L.E, OR THREE-COLOURED VIOLET. VIOLA TRICOLOR. Class XIX. Syngenesia. Order VI. Monogamia. Essent. Gen, CHAR. Sameas thelast. Spec. Cuar. Stem triquetrous, spreading: Leaves oblong, cut: Stipules pinnatifid. a ee DESCRIPTION. Tuts plant rises also four or five inches. Leaves variously shaped, ovate or elliptical, crenate, pointed, on long footstalks. Flowers single, on long peduncles of three colours. Calyx fiveleaved, pointed. Corolla of five petals, three of these marked with purple lines, lowest petal broad, emarginate. HISTORY. Native of Britain; grows in cornfields, or uncultivated grounds ; flowers all the summer. MEDICAL USE. = : } Though marry of the old writers, says Dr. Woodville, on te |