Flora medica : containing coloured delineations of the various medical plants admitted into the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin pharmacopœias; with their natural history, botanical descriptions, medical and chemical properties, &c. &c.; together with a concise introduction to botany; a copious glossary of botanical terms; and a list of poisonous plants, &c. &c. / edited by a member of the Royal College of Physicians, and Fellow of the Linnæan Society; with the assistance of several eminent botanists.

Date:
1829-1830
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Credit: Flora medica : containing coloured delineations of the various medical plants admitted into the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin pharmacopœias; with their natural history, botanical descriptions, medical and chemical properties, &c. &c.; together with a concise introduction to botany; a copious glossary of botanical terms; and a list of poisonous plants, &c. &c. / edited by a member of the Royal College of Physicians, and Fellow of the Linnæan Society; with the assistance of several eminent botanists. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    that among the plants entitled cephalics, lavender has perhaps the best title to it; and whether applied externally, or given internally, it is a powerful stimulant to the nervous system.* Bergius speaks highly of it, and says, “ Virtus, nervina, resolvens, tonica, emmenagoga.” Lavender is now however chiefly used as a perfume, being seldom prescribed but in combination with other medicines. A mixture of one part of oil of lavender, and three parts of turpentine, or rectified spirit, was formerly a very celebrated application to old sprains, indolent tumours, diseased joints, &c. It was sold under the name of oil of spike, and still holds its reputation with the uninformed. Oflf. The flowering Spikes. Off. Pp. Oleum Lavandulae, L. E. D. Spiritus Lavandulae, L. E. D. Composit. L. E. D. ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM. Common Wormwood * mi ■ ■ .. - Class Syngenesia.— Order PoLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Nat. Ord. Composite Discoidete, Linn. Corymbiferje, Juss. Gen. Char. Receptacle either hairy or naked. Pappus none. Calyx imbricated, with rounded converging scales. Florets of the ray, none. Spec. Char. Leaves compound, multifid. Flowers sub-glo- bose, pendulous. Receptacle villous. The genus Artemisia comprises nearly fifty species,]: natives of almost every country in Europe, and of Asia. Of the four officinal species, three are indigenous to Britain. * Mat. Med. p. 513. t In the annexed drawing, fig. a. represents the calyx magnified. 6. A magnified corolla spread open to shew the insertion of the stamens, c. A perfect floret magnified. d. The pistillum magnified. t According to the Hort. Cant, forty-eight species are cultivated in the various botanic gardens.