PRUNUS.
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PRINOS VERTICILLATUS, Linn.— DECIDUOUS wINTERBERRY.
Synonimes :— Prinos, Apalachine à feuillesde prunier, Fr.
Amer. ; CoxE.
A shrub of North America. (Hexandria
Monogynia, Linn. ; Rhamnece, Jüss. ; Fig.Duham. I. t. 23)
I he bark is employed, it is bitter andsub-acrid.
PROPOLIS.
Synonimes :— Propolis, Fr. ; Stopfwachs,Brenenwachs, Germ.
Genev. ; and Spielmann.
A resinous matter elaborated by the do-mestic bee, Apis mellifica, Linn.
To obtain this substance pure, it is putinto a pan with about twice its weight ofwater ; when this is boiling and the propolisis melted, the whole is to be poured upon anew cloth, strained with expression, andthe resin received into cold water ; when ithas become congealed it is rolled into cy-linders.
OINTMENT OF PROPOLIS.
Unguenturn propolicum. (Cadet de Gas-sicourt ; Swediaur)
R. Purified Propolis, four ounces.
Olive Oil, one pound and a half.
Dissolve at a moderate heat, and strainwhile hot. (Cadet de Gassicourt)
Swediaur prescribes one part of propolisand two parts of oil.
It is applied to old ulcers and to piles.
PRUNUS.
Two species of this genus of plants areindicated in pharmacopoeias :
1. Prunus domestica, Linn. — Plum Tree.
Lond. ,
Ant.; Austr. ; Batav. ; Bavar. ;Belg. ; Bruns. ; Dan. ; Hisp. ; Gall. ;Ferr. ; Fijld. ; H ANN. ; Lipp.; Olden. ;Lusit. ; Pol. ; Cast. Borus. ; Borus. ;Ross. ; Sax. ; Wirtem. ; Wurceb. j
>. ; Dubl. ; Edinb. ; Amer. ; Amst. ;t.; Austr. ; Batav. ; Bavar. ;lg. ; Bruns. ; Dan. ; Hisp. ; Gall. ;RR. ; Fijld. ; H ann. ; Lipp.; Olden. ;
Ferr. ; Fijld. ; H ann. ; Lipp.; Olden. :
Lusit. ; Pol. ; Cast. Borus. ; Borus. :
Ross. ; Sax. ; Wirtem. ; Wurceb.
Bergius; Brugnatelli; Coxe; Gui-
bourt ; Murray and Gmelin ; Pide
TO; SpIELMAN" • ^»»«»»
A tree which is met with in every or-chard. (Icosandria Monogynia, Linn. ;Rosacea', Juss. ; Fig. Zorn, te. pi. t. 493)
The fruit, called Plum (Prunus), is em-ployed.
Synonimes : — Prune, Fr. ; Pflaume,Germ. ; Sswestka, Ssjwa, Bohem. ;Ploin, Dan. ; Cirnelo, Span. ; Pruin,Dut. ; Prugno, Ital. ; Stiwina, Pol. ;Ameixa, Port. ; Plom, Swed.
This fruit varies to infinity in size, form,and colour. It has a sweet and generallysubacidulous taste. When dried, either bythe sun or in an oven, they are called Prunes(Pruneaux, Fr.), when the damask plum(Prune de Damas, Fr.) is usually employed.
2. Prunus spinosa, Linn. — Sloe.
Synonimes :— Prunier sauvage, Fr. ; Steck-dorn, Schlehenbaum, Germ. ; Slaetorn,Kreygebaertorn, Dan.
Amst. ; Austr. ; Bavar. ; Dan. ; Hisp. ;Gall.; Ferr.; Fuld. ; Lipp.; Ross.;Sax.; Wirtem.; Bergius; Murrayand Gmelin; Spielmann.
A shrub common to all parts of Europe.(Icosandria Monogynia, Linn. ; Rosacea!,Juss. ; Fig. Zorn, le. pi. t. 4)
The bark, flowers, and fruit are employed.
The bark (Cortex Acacia nostratis seuvulgaris seu Germanica! seu Pruneoli syl-vestris) is of a brown-grey colour, and ofa bitter and astringent taste.