Nuphar Luteum

iSmall-JUmerefl Tellow Pond laly.)

Botanical Descbiptioh.— There are tliree species of tbe Nuphar in the United States, namely: Nupliar advena, Nupliar kalmiana, and Nuphar Bagittiefolia. The first named has la/rge, yeWaw flowers; the second was once designated, by Smith, Torrey, and Gray, the Nuphar lutea. Smith, a botanist, quoted by Gray, saya he has never seen the Nuphar lulea in the United States, Dr. Robblns, in Wood's Botany, thinlis tlie Nuphar kalmiana wholly distinct from the Nuphar lutea or any other species.

Appended to the " proving of Nuphar luteum," * in a note by one of tlie editors (probably Dr. Marcy or Dr. Metealf ), we flud the following obcier.

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iOi HUPHAE LUTE A.

"Tills proving is taken from the Journal de la Soct'ete 0alMeane,yo\\ixae III., page 129, by Dr, Pitet, who gives no description of the plant, either botanically or otherwise. * * The species in question is the small- flowered, yellow pond lily, Nuphar luteuni — not the large-flowered, com- mon yellow lily, Nuphar advena — from which, however, it is said to be difEcult to distinguish it. It is quite common in the inl«rior of the Slate of Hew ITork, though less frequently found than the large species. A. tincture is made from the whole plant, rhizomes, flowers, leaves, and peduncles."

The identity of this plantwith anyspecies growing in the United States, is not as well established as it ought to be; but, under the circumstances, we see no better way thaa to consider it the same as Nuphar kalmiana. which is described as follows;

"Floating leaves, with base lobes approximate; submerged leaves, mem branous, reniform-cordate, the lobes divaricate, margin waved, apes retusej sepals five; stigma eight: twelve-rayed, crenate, petiole slender, sub-terete j upper leaves two or three inches long, one and one-half to two and one. half inches wide; lowerIeayea,three to fourinches indiameter. Flowera in July.

Officihai. Phepabatioks. — Tincture of tlie root; diluUons.

AsAiaavEa.—Anacardium, Arsmiiman, AgnMS caslua, Baryta, Oamphor { ?) Conium, GeUemiwwm,, Podophyllum, Mumen.

Pi-essive headaclie in forehead and temples, ceasing in the open

air. Dull, deup, lancinating pains behind the left frontal eminence Painful, bruising, shaking in the brain at every step, when

■walking. Painful heaviness in the orbit and at the base of the brain.

Eyes- Dull pain and sensation of weight in the orbit. Discolored (around the eyes).

Abdomen and Stool. Soft stool, preceded by coiic ° Diarrhceic stools, morning and evening, preceded by noUc-

like pains. Yellow diarrhfea in the morning.

Smarting and burning pains at the anns, after every stooL etitches, as from needles, in the rectum.

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HTMPH^A ODOEATA. 465

" Eutero-eolitis, clironie.

Urine deposits a copious reddish sand, which adheres to the vessel.

Generative Organs.

* Complete absence of sexual desire ; voliiptuoua

thonghts do not cause erection. Severe lancinations in both testicles, with pains in extremity

of penis. ° Impotency, with involuntary sexual loaees — during sleep, at

stool, and when urinating, {Pettit.) ° Sperm ate rrhcea, even with erections.

Eruption resembling psoriasis, itching violently. (J) [See Therapeutics of New Remedies.]

NYMPHjBA ODOEATA.

(WMte Pond LiVy) Botanical Descbiption Tlie white ponci-iily taa a blHcliish, Jarge,. fleshy pereDiiial root or ritisoma, growing io mud where tlie water is from tiree to ten feet deep, and is often as thicit as a man's arm, sending vipleavea- and flowers to the surface, Tlie petioleg are long, somewhal semi-circular, and perforated throughout by long tubes or airvessels which serve to float' tliem. The leaw^ are floating, orbicular, sometimes almost kiduej.aliaped,, peltate, cordate-cleft at the base, quite to tlie insertiou of the petiole, the lobes, one each side, prolonged into an acute point, entire, reddish, with, prominent veins beneath, dark, shining green, above and five or six inches, in diameter.

The flowers are large white, or roae-colored, and fragrant, A. western species, the N. tuberoaa, is odorless. The tepalt are four, lanoeo.. late, green without, and white within, The petals are numerous, lanceolate,, from an incii to two and a half inches long, of tlie most delicate texture, white, sometimes tinged with purple on the outside. 5(ani«ns numerous,, yellow in several rows. FilamenU dilated gradually from the inner to tlie- outer series so as to pass insensibly into petals, Anthm's in two longitu- dinal cells growing to the filaments, and opening inwardly.

Stigma with, from twelve to twenty-four rays, very much resembling abortive anthers,, at flrsl incurved, afterward spi-eading. The pericarp is berry-like, many- celled, many seeded.

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466 (ESOTHERA BIENNIS.

This plant growsinponds, marshes, and sluggish streams, flowering from June to September.

OPFiotNAL Preparatiohs. — TinctuTe of the fresh root; with strong alcohol,

Sore throat, with roughness and tingling. Frequent desire to swallow, with painful deglatitioii.

(ENOTHEEA BIENNIS.

(Tree Pi-imrose.) BOTAKJCAL DKSCRimON, — This is an indigenous, biennial plant, with an erect, rough stem, branching, Irom two to five feet high. The leaves are ovate-lanseolaie, alternate, acute, obscurely toothed, roughly pubescent, from three to sis inches long and from hajf-an-inch to an inch wide, those on the stem sessile, and the radicals tapering into a petioie. The flowera are numerous, pale-yellow, sessile, odorous, and are disposed in a terminal, somewhat leafy spike; they are nocturnal, open but once by night, and

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CESOTHERA EIENSie. 467

continue only a single day. Bach flower opena about dusk, and does not close until about nine or ten o'clock the next morning.

I'tiHBH remarks that he haa frequently observed a singularity iu this plant, and it might be interesting to make further inquiry into its cause. It is that, in a dark night, when no olijects can be distinguished at an in- considerable distance, this plaat, when in full flower, can be seen at a great distance, having a bright white appearance, which, probably, may arise from some phosphoric properties of the flower. The bark, leases, and twigs are the parts used ; their taste is very viscid, with a subsequent filiglit acrimony, which last is diminished by dcsication. Water lakes ap the properties of the plant.

Officimal PitBrARATiONS. — Tincture of the whole plant; dilutions, Akawoues. — (? )

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(ENANTHE CEOCATA.

{Water-'hem.lock)

Botanical Description. — "The CEnanthea are Bmoott aquatic plants, with compound umbels, variable involucres (often wanting), polyphyllian invoiucelles, white flowers on long pedicles inserted on the ray of the umbeilule, lienuaphrodile and ateriie by abortion. Tiiey grow abun- dantly in the northern countries of tlie Old World, and some have been observed la America. The genus contains very numerous species ; and, aa it has been limited by botanists up to the present day, we reckon a score which have been divided into two grand sections.

Genus (Enanfhe (Linn.), perennial species, with fasciculated tubes, such as (E. orocata, which is the one now before us.

OfpicihaIi Pebpakations. — Tincture of the root (with strong alcohol); dilutions.

Ahalogubs.— Ctcwdi, oEthusa, Agaricm, Stratrumium, Acid hydroq/anie, Solanum.

He remembered nothing that had befallen him during the many days of his illness, nor what caused the sickness (in a case of poisoning).

Sensorium. Violent vertigo, with falling; vertigo with nausea, vomiting, syncope and convulsions.

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tENANTHE OKOCATA. 469

Face swollen and livid, with bloody froth iBsning from the mouth and nostrils.

Gastric Symptoms. Burning heat in the throat and stomach, with disturbance of intellect; vertigo, cardialgia, nausea, followed by alvine evacuations.

e vomUing, continuing for days, not relieved by any- thing.

Numbness and feebleness of the limbe.

Tetanic contractions of the limbs.

Rose colored spots on the face, chest and arms. Convulsive Symptoms.

Epileptiform con/vulsione in all the cases.

Terrible convulsions, followed by coma, or deep sleep.

Convulsions with vertigo, madness, nausea, vomiting, uncon- sciousness, eyeballs turned up, pupils dilated; tremblings, contractions of the lower jaw, locltjawj trismus, contrac- tions of the limbs.

Sudden eon/vulsions, trismus, biting of the tongue, followed hy unconsciousness and ailimon of the evrcum.'Stances.

Convulsions with deathly syncope, coldness as if dead.

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470 OLEUM CA-mPUn.

OLEUM CAJ0PDTI.

occipital region. ° Headache relieved by a few drops rubbed on the affected

locality. Fee! and walk as if had taken too much beer ; can walk

straight, but feel very unsteady. Feeling of dizziness when walking.

flow of saliva. Constant inclination to spit and hawk up large (juantitiea of

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OLEUM OAJUPUTI. 47l

Sensation of swelling aud constriction of the (esophagus.

Taste in the month and a feeling in the oasophagas as if had swallowed Ije from wood ashes.

(Esophagus seemed to close np and leave no space for swal- lowing.

Appetite good, can eat anything, but don't feel natural when eating.

The eating all seems to he performed mechanically.

" Nervons vomiting, or the vomiting of hysterical persons.

° Nervous dysphagia, or spasmodic stricture of the cesophagus

° Spasmodic hiccups.

On rising from a seat, sensation as if he wotild vomit.

Aching in and around the bicuspids when biting anything. Bowels.

" Flatulent colic, particularly when produced by cold, or by the retrocession of inflammation, gouty or otherwise, of the skin or extremities.

"Choleraic diarrhcea, from sudden check of perspiration,

Eeetuni feels paralyzed.

Generative Organs.

"Menses suspended or diminished, and attended with pain, ■when caused by a cold or check of perspiration. Back and Extremities.

On raising the arms, feel as if they would drop down in spite of any effort to keep them up.

Lame sensation in carpel bones of left wrist.

Arms feel like soaked wood hanging to him.

Arms feel so heavy takes all the will power to raise them.

Arms feel as if they would tremble if he would let them.

On stooping forward, stitching pains through right lumbar region.

Almost complete loss of sensibility of the outer side of the thighs and dorsal surface of the forearms and hands.

The inside of the tliighs and palmar surface of the hands ex- ceedingly sensitive to pinching.

While walking, knees feel weak, as though would c^tainly give out

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472 OLBdM JECOEia ASEIU.

Knees ache, continuing nearly all night.