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LYCOPODIUM.—CLUB MOSS.
and covered with an ash-coloured epidermis.They have a sweet and slightly hitter taste.
The leaves are oval, pointed, glabrous, andof a sub-astringent taste.
The flowers are yellowish-white, some-times red externally.
It is slightly astringent and tonic.
It is used in gargles.
SYRUP OF HONEY-SUCKLE. (GALL.)
R. Fresh Petals of Honeysuckle,
four pounds.Boiling Water, eight pounds.
Infuse for twelve hours in a covered ves-sel ; express lightly; set aside the liquor fora few hours, decant, and add
White Sugar, twice the weight.
Make a syrup with the heat of a water-bath.
LUPINUS ALBUS, Linn.— WHITE LUPINE.
Synonimes: — Lupin blanc, Fr.; Wolfs-bohne, Germ.; Kzjmsky aneb sskrka-wicny brach, Hohem. ; Witte tygebone,Dut.
Bruns. ; Hisp. ; Gall. ; Ferr. ; Sax. ;WiRTEM. ; Guibourt ; Murray andGmelin ; Spielmann.
It is very likely that this plant is originally
from the Levant, but it is naturalized in themiddle parts of Europe. (Diadelphia Hex-andria, Linn. ; Leguminosa;, Juss. ; Fig.Zorn, le. pi. t. 321.)
The seed {Semen Lupint) is employed. Itis large, discoid, flattish, and white. Itskernel is yellow, bitter, farinaceous, anddisagreeable, it is inodorous.
It formerly entered into cataplasms.
LYCOPERDON BOVISTA, Linn.— PUFF BALL.
Synonimes: — Vesse-loup des bouviers,Fr. ; Bovist, Wolfsrauch, Bovistkugel-schamm, Germ.; Ulvefus, Dan.; Cu-esco de lobo, Span. ; Bovist, Dut.; Ve-sica, Ital. ; Pruchawka, Pol. ; Bufia delobe, Port. ; Kineringiis, Swed.
Amst. ; Ant. ; Batav. ; Belg. ; Bruns. ;Dan.; Gall.; Ferr.; Lipp. ; Ross.;Sax. ; Wirtem. ; Bergius ; Murrayand Gmelin; Spielmann.
A common mushroom {Bovista seu Cre-pitus Lupi seu Fungus Chirurgorum) ofEurope. [Fig. Schœff. Fung. Bali. t. 3.t. 294.)
It is round ; the flesh being at first white,then becoming- greenish-yellow, and lastlybrownish-grey.
It is employed to arrest haemorrhage.
LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM, Linn.— CLUB MOSS.
Synonimes :— Lycopode commun, Fr. ;Stenpulvermoos, Bandapp, Germ. ; Me-choeve seweno, Bohem. ; doramos, Ul-vefod, Lusegras, Dan. ; Licopodio,Span.; Ital.; and Port.; Geknodstaard-mos, Dut.; Prosek Koltunowy, Pol.;Gulnieht, Swed.
Dubl. ; Edinb. ; Amst. ; Ant. ; Austr.Batav.; Bavar. ; Belg.; Bruns.Dan.; Hisp.; Gall.; Ferr.; Fenn.Fuld. ; Genev. ; Hamb. ; H ass. ;Lipp.Olden. ; Borus. ; Pol.; Ross.; Sax.Suec. ; Wirtem. ; Herbip. ; BergiusBrugnatelli ; Murray and GmelinPiderit; Spielmann; Zarda.
A very common plant of Europe. ( Cryp
togamice, Linn. ; Musci, Juss. ; Fig. Zorn,Ic.pl. t. 54.)
The herb and seeds are employed.
The herb (Herba Musci clavati seu ter-restris) consists of a stem, much branched,and of sparse, bent leaves without nervures,and terminated by a bristle. It is inodorousand insipid.
The seeds, Lycopodium, (Farina seuPulvis seu Semines seu Sulphur Lycopodiiseu Sulphur vegetabile ; Barlappsaamen,Hexenmehl, Trutenmehl, Alpmehl, Pillen-mehl, Wurmmehl, Klopfpulver, Blitzpulver,Moospulver, Strenpulver, Baerlappenpulver,Germ.) form an exceedingly fine powder ofa pale-yellow colour, light, rather unctuous