SECT. VIII-----PLANTS NOT IN THE DISPENSATOBIE3. 83

"ather thongs over the shrubs. It is not. much used, but it is a goodcephalic— Hill's Herbal, p. 72.

. 323. CLEMATIS recta, Upright Virgin's Bower. —The whole plant,s extremely acrid. It was usual for Dr. Stoerck to employ the leavesa '>d flowers in ulcers and cancels, as well as an extract prepared from'he former; yet the preparation which he chiefly recommended wasatl infusion of two or three drams of the leaves in a pint of boiling**ter, of which he gave four ounces three times a-day, while thePowdered leaves were applied as an escharotic to the ulcers. — Wuoi-Wle'sMed.Bot.p.lSL

329. COCHLEAR1A Coronopus. SwrHES-CltESS.— This is an ex-cellent diuretic, safe and yet. very powerful. The juice may be taken;a "d it is good for the jaundice, and against all inward obstructions, arida 6ainst the scurvy: the leaves may also be eaten as sallet, or driedand given in decoction.— Hill's Herbal, p. 105.

330. CONVALLARIA Polygonatum. SoiOMON's-Seai, The Root—'he root has several joints, with some flat circular depressions, sup-posed to resemble the stamp of a seal. It has a sweetish mucilaginoustaste. As to its virtues, practitioners do not now expect any consi-derable ones from it, and pay very little regard to the vulnerary qua-hties which it was formerly celebrated For. It is used by pugilists tofetlaove the black appearance occasioned from extravasated blood, and' ur curing bruises on the face, particularly black-eyes obtained byWing.

331. CONVALLARIA majalis. May Lii.y. The Roots and Flow-ers. —The roots of this abound with a voft mucilage, and hence theyhave been used externally in emollient and maturating cataplasms:they were an ingredient in the suppurating cataplasm of the Edinburgh

harniacopeeia. Those of the wild plant are very bitter: dried, theya 'e said to prove a gentle errhine: as also are the flowers.

332. CONVOLVULUS sepium. Bind-Weed. —The poor people use">e root of this plant fresh gathered and boiled in ale as a cathartic ;a "d it is found generally to answer that purpose, it would, however,nauseate a delicate stomach ; but for people of strong constitutions'here is not a better medicine.

, 333. CUSCUTA europaa, Dodotr. The whole plant gathered greenis to be boiled in water with a little ginger and allspice, and this de-coction operates as a cathartic ; it also opens obstructions of the liver,and is good in the jaundice and many other disorders arising from the

''ke cause.— BHVt Herbal.