Robinia Pseudacacia

(False Locust.)

BOTABiCAi. DESCBrpTioN This tree is also known as Slack Looiut and Tellom Locust, found in several parts of the United States, principally west of the monnlains, heing seldom found north of Pennaylvania, or la the Atlantic Southern States; blossoming in May. It grows from fifty to eighty feet high, and from one to four feet thicji ; the bark is rongh and darlc.

The numerous branches are smooth and armed with prickles. The Uavei are unequally pinnate, the leaflets are from eight to twelve pairs, ovate and oWong-ovate, thin, nearly sessile, and very smooth ; atipuiei minute, bristle-form, partial. Flowers white, fragrant, showy, in numer- ous, axiiary, pendulous racemes. Calyx fine, cleft, aiioi't, slightly two- lipped ;

Handard large and rounded, turned back, scarcely longer than the wings and keel; stnmene, diadelphous; style, bearded inside; legume, or pod, linear, compressed, two to four inches in length, and about six lines wide, margined on tlie seed bearing edge; seeds, several, small, brown, reniform. "When young, the tree is armed witii thorns, which disappear in its maturity,

Ofpicisal Prbpakatioms. — Tincture of the barit and flowers ; dilutions.

ASAiOGUEB. — Calcarea ca/rh.. Iris cer., Pulsatilla, Maynesia cwb., Jthenm.

[The fragmentary proving of Burt, may be considered reliable, and a few of the symploms from Houatt. The pathogenesis of the latter, however, is too extensive, too tragic, and too much like his other provings to be true.]

Low-Bpirited, witli great irritability. [Surt.)

Dull, frontal headache, much aggravated by motion, with

neuralgic pains in the temples, * Sick headache with acidity of the stomach and some erae- tateous vomiting. {Burt.)

Excessive acidity of the stomach.

Vomiting of intensely sour fluid, setting the teeth on edge. Frequent eructations of sour fluid. {Burt.) Great distenaion of the stomach and bowels, with flatulenue;

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the intestinee distended almost to the point of rnptaring.

with severe colic. Dall, heavy, squeezing pains in the stomach, especially after

every meal. Water, taken before eating, at night, returned in the morning,

green and sour. ° Dyspepsia, " I have seen it helpful in dyspepsia manifesting

itself at night and preventing sleep," {Massy ^ " Heartburn, and acidity of the stomach, at night on lying

down. (Solanum has "heartburn at night.") Sour regurgitations of infants.

Sour vomiting of infants; the whole child smells sour. Desire for sfcool, but only ilatulence passes off; finally consti- pated stools. ° Sour stools of infants, with sour smell from the body. {BiMt^