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Show SLOE TREE. PREPARATION. ConsrrveE oF Stors. (Conserva Pruni Silvestris. L.) Put the sloes in water upon the fire, that they may soften, taking care that they be not broken; then take them out of the water, press out the pulp, and mix it with three times its weight of double refined sugar into a conserve. This preparation isa gentle astringent, and may be given as such in the dose of two or three drachms. It is used also for a gargle with considerable advantage, especially where the uvyula is found to be relaxed. So LO -Eue-F RE E. PRUNUS SPINOSA. Class X11. Ycosandria. OrderI, Monogynia. Essen. Gen. Cuar. Calyx five-cleft, beneath: Petals five: Drupe a knob with prominent sutures. SPEC. Cuar. spiny. Peduncles solitary: Leaves lanceolate, smooth : Branches ee DESCRIPTION. ‘Wy Tus is a shrub whichrises eight or ten feet. Leaves are oval, minutely serrated, standing uponshort footstalks. The flowers are white, and tolerably conspicuous. The fruit is of a dark black, but covered with a bright blue exudation. HUSTORY. The sloe grows wild in Britain. It flowers in March and April. The fruit has a veryastringent sourish taste. It contains malic acid. The inspissated juice of the unripe fruit is very astringent, andis called Acacia Germanica. MEDICAL USE, An infusion of a handful of the flowe rs is a safe and easy purge. The powdered bark will sometimes cure agues . |