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nose, provoke sneezing. These are sold at the herb-shops as a sub-stitute for punitory of Spain.

293. ACHILLEA Jgetatum. Ma! dun. The Leaves and Flowers. —This has a light agreeable smell; and a roughish, somewhat warm andbitterish taste. These qualities point out its use as a mild corroborant;but it has long been a stranger in practice, and is now omitted both bythe London and Edinburgh Colleges. It io however in use by the com-mon people.

294. ACHILLEA Millefolium. Yarrow. The Leaves.—T\\e leaveshave a rough bitterish taste, and a faint aromatic smell. Their virtuesare those of a very mild astringent, and as such they stand recom-mended in haemorrhages both internal and external, diarrhoeas, de-bility and laxity of the fibres; and likewise in spasmodic hystericalaffections.

295. AJUGA reptans. Bugle. The /.eaves. —These have at first asweetish taste, which gradually becomes bitterish and roughish. Theyare recommended as vulnerary medicines, and in all cases where mildastringents or corroborants are proper.

296. ALCHEMILLA vulgaris. Lady's Mantle. The Leaves. —These discover to the taste a moderate astringency, and were formerlymuch esteemed in some female weaknesses, and in fluxes of the belly.They are now rarely made use of; though both the leaves and rootsmight doubtless be of service in cases where mild astringents are re-quired.

297. AMMlmajus. Bishops-Weed. The Seeds. —The seeds of com-mon bishops-weed are large and pale-coloured: their smell and tasteare weak, and without any thing of the origanum flavour of the trueatntni, which does not grow in this country. They are ranked amongthe four lesser hot seeds, but are scarcely otherwise made use of thanas an ingredient in the th.eriaca.-~ Lewis's Mat. Med.

29S. A MYGDALUS Persica. Aimonds. Flowers. —They have a ca-thartic effect, and especially to children have been successfully givenin the character of a vermifuge for this purpose; an infusion of adram of the flowers dried, or half an ounce in their recent state, is therequisite dose. The expressed oil of almonds has been for a long time,and is at present, in use for many purposes in medicine. The con-centrated acid of the bitter almond is a most dangerous poison to manand all other animals.

299. ANAGALLIS arvensis. Pimpernel. Vie Leavet. — Many ex-traordinary virtues have been attributed to them. Geoffrey esteems