BoTANiCAi, DESCBirTiON. — This plant is indigenous, growing in most parfs of tlie "UDited States, in dry aud poor soils, in woods and on iiills. It blooms in July and August,. having bright yellow JUnoera, in small loose clusters at the ends of the branches. It resembles a shrub, and grows from one to two feet liigh, TtieJVuit is an oblong pod of a bluish black color, [t contains indigo, tannin, an acid, and haptisin. Wlien the whole plant or any portion of it is dried, it becomes black and affords a blue dye, inferior to Indigo. There are thirteen species of the Baptisia in the United States. Tho most important are theB. Uneloria, B. oiftii, {with white flowers,)B. leaeoRiAo. (with white flowers.) These grow in the Western States on prairies, etc. and probably possess very similar qualities to the B. fimbria, hut none have been proven hut the last named. Aa the other species may be mis- taken for the one in use in, our school, the botanical description of the B, tinctoria is here given from Wood: "Smooth braJiching, leaves nearly destitute of a stalk, leafiett small, roundish, aeul« at base, very obtuse at apex; stipules bristly, falling off early; rtweff^ss loose, terminal ; /e^iimea nearly round. Aplant with bluish dbyGoogle 86 BAPTISTA TINCTOKIA, green foliage, freqtient in dry soila. Stem very tiushy, aLout two ftnd ;ne half feet higli. Leaflets about seven lines by four to sis long, einarginate; petiole one to two lines loag. Flowers six to twelve or more id. eacli raceme. PetaU six lines long, yellow. Legume (seed vessel) about as long as a pea- pod, on a long stipule, mostly one.seeded." OFnciNAi. PRSa-iHATiON.— Tincture of tlie fresh bark of the root, with strong alcohol. The B. leueantha is etiually active and trustworthy. (Bale.) Sphere op Action. — It exerts a marked action on the blood and vascu- lar system, the nerves of sensation, and on tlie intestinal lesions common to typhoid and other low types of fevers. (Sale.) On. the gastric mucous membrane and the great semilunar ganglion of the sympathetic nervous system. (Bayes.) Analo&ueb. — Bryonia, Agaricm, Kali ehtorieum, Nitrie acid, Shua io^, Muriatia acid, Arsenticum, Carbolic acid. Mental Sphere. i, uneasy friglitful dreiime, gloomy and cast down for Indispoeition and want of power to think; unhappy; mind seems weak. "The patient imagines he "cannot get himself together," as if the pieces of his body were scattered about. i^Bell.) ° Stupefaction and drowsiness in typhoid, a " wild " feeling, with the headache.