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Show 938 wi GREAT BROAD-LEAVED MULLEIN. yellow, and clothe the extremity of the stem, and are produced in succession from the bottom. The calyx is cut intofive acute segments, and is covered with down. The corolla is also cut into five segments, which are blunt, and somewhat unequal. HISTORY: It is a native of England, and usually grows on the declivity of ditches, producing a very grand appearance. Its remarkable woolliness is very attractive. The leaves’ have a bitterish subastringent taste, and a mucilaginous quality. MEDICAL USE. Catarrhs and diarrheeas are the complaints for which the Verbascum has been used. Dr. Home tried it in both diseases, but allows its virtue only in the latter disorder. He relates four cases in which the verbascum was given; and from which he concludes, ‘¢ that it is useful in diminishing or stopping diarrhceas of an old standing, and often in éasing the pains of the intestines. This arises from the emollient and gently astringent qualities of the plant. The decoction is made by boiling two ounces STINKING GOOSE-FOOT, of the leaves in a quart of water for twenty minutes, and four ounces of this decoction is to be given every three hours. OR ORACH. CHENOPODIUM. FQETIDUM. Class V. Pentandria. Order 11. Digynia. Essenr, - Gen. Grn. Cua Ci r. Calyx five-leaved, five-angled: Corolla none: Seed i one, lenticular above. Leav es enjii re, rhomboideo-ovate: Flowers axillary, assemwes i SPEc. r : Cu AR. ed, seer T DESCRIPTION. iz plant reaches near a foot. Leaves numerous, mealy, al- cae e cernate re upon short footstalks, Flowers small, of aoalight green, n aced { ee 1 . . : " . ‘ced in clusters, like the flowers of spinach in the ale of3 € leaves, terminal, inconspicuous. No seed-vessel. HIST Oia It isS usually ally found about ruins; é anf flowers in August. In its recent t state state it it has has the offens 7. ive e smell of putrid j saltfish j , which i ong remains on the hands. |