The medicinal, poisonous, and dietetic properties of the cryptogamic plants of the United States : being a report made to the American Medical Association at its sessions held in Richmond, Va., and St. Louis, Mo. / by Francis Peyre Porcher.

  • Porcher, Francis Peyre, 1824-1895.
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1854
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    Mauritius they make with it a preparation for diseases of the kid- ney. Essai, 318; Morelot, Mem. de la Soc. de l'Emulation, 281: Richard, Elems. d'Hist. Nat. Med. Rocella Phycqpsis, Ach. This is abundant on the coast of Brittany, and may be employed in place of the R. tinctoria. Bory, Diet. Classiq. d'Hist. Nat. xiv. 630; and Botanique du Voyage en Moree, 310. Rocella fuciformis, De Cand. Flat-leaved archill. Inferior as a dye to the preceding. Land., Nat. Syst.; Crypt. Eng. Borrerafu/furaceus, Acli. | Trunks and branches of Lichen Linn. J trees. It is very bitter: it is regarded as a febrifuge, and is given in place of quinine. It furnishes an olive-green color. Prost. Cat. des PL de la Lozere ; M. & De L. Diet, de M. Med., 11, 99. ... ) Ragged hoary evernica. Trunks FvermaWunastn, Ach. / d lmmc]lcs of treeg> K s. aiul Lichen « Linn, j Nortllwarda> Tuck. This lichen was brought into use in Glasgow, by the late Ld. Dundonald, and employed, during the war, instead of gum, in calico printing, staining of paper, &c.; it afterwards fell into disuse as a very inferior substitute for that article. C. of Eng.; NichoL, Journ. 401. It is reputed to be astringent and febri- fugal. Lind., Nat. Syst. In Egypt it is used to make bread rise, and to ferment beer. Diet, des Sc. Nat., viii., 519. Macerated with green vitriol it furnishes a color between brown and red. Prost., Liste des PL de la Lozere; Merat & De Lens, iv. 105. It has a remarkable property of imbibing and retaining odors, and is, therefore, the basis of many perfumed powders. With- ering; Wade's PL Rariores; Demidoff, Extracts of a Voyage in Southern Russia, p US (in French). Evemiavulpina. ) Grows in Mts. Rocky Mts. LicJu n Linn. S Tuck. The Borrera ftavicans of Ach. is the L. vulp. of Huds. Ac- cording to Linnaeus, the Norwegians mix this species with pow- dered glass, of which, with flesh of dead animals, they make a