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.
Date:
1854
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    the decoction is useful in arresting diarrhoea. Merat & Do Lena Diet, de Mat. Med. iii. 309: Forestus, Trad, de Venenis da Fucis, Leyde, 1606; Gmelin, ffistoria Fucorum, 1 vol., Petrop- oli, 1768; J. C. Collins, in Med. and Phys. Journal, upon the Medicinal Virtues of Marine Plants, xxxvi. 211,1816 ; Dorbigni, Essai sur les plantes marines du Golfe de Gascogne (Mem. du Museum, vi. 165). If any injury is done to the leaves, abund- ance of young leaves spring from the injured part. If even a small aperture be made in the middle of a leaf, a new one arises from either side of it. Withering; Wade's PI. Eariores, 143. ( Knotted Fucus, or Sea-Thistles. Fucus nodosus, Linn. -] Rocky shores—common; scarcely ( found south of 1ST. Jersey. (Harv.) It is said, in the Hebrides, to be preferable to all other fuci in the manufacturing of kelp, and passes there under the name of kelp-wrack. Crypt..Eng. Oysters are covered with it to keep them alive and moist. Wade's PL Rariores, 142. Fucus canaliculatus, Linn.; Grev., Alg. Brit. 15. Channeled Fucus. Abundant on rocks on the sea-shore; summer and autumn; not found on our coast. (Harvey.) Capt. Carmichael states that cattle are exceedingly fond of this plant, and never fail to browse on it in winter, as soon as the tide leaves it within their reach. At this season it is peculiarly wholesome, as counteracting the costiveness induced by their ordinary straw-commons. Fucus amansii, Lam. This is eaten in Madagascar. Fucus bracteatus, Gmel. Eaten in many parts of India with aromatics. Rumphius; Merat & De Lens. Fucus clathrus, Gmel. According to Stetler, used as food in Asia. Fucus coralloides, Poiret. This is employed as an article of food in India. From the gelatine found in it, birds construct the nests which are so much