Viburnum Prunifolium

(Stocfc Haw.)

BoTAiTiCAL DEScurFTiON.— Tliis is a shrub or small tree, growing from- eight to fiflflen feet high, witli numerous spreadiog branches, and sliort, lateral spurs, which are sometimes almost thorny; leaver usually from one- to two inches long, and rounded, smootli on both sides; petiole about liaSf an inch long; effme» are about three inches in diameter, terminating the- sfiort lateral branches or spurs, the primary divisions usually about four;, fruit about oce-lhird of an inch long, bluish-black, and slightly glaucosc when mature, the nucleus much compressed.

Found in woods and thickets, flowering in May and June, and the fruit', maturing in September and October.

Officinal Pit efauationb .^-Tincture of the bark.

Analooces.— Pw2sii(iHa (?), CaulophyUum (f), Ooatipium {ff. {No proving.) " Aphtliffi in the mouth and throat " Ulcerations of an obstinate character. ° Cancerous ulcerations.

° Apr&ventvve in cases of habitual misea/iTiage. {Dr. PJmrei^'- "Prevents miscarriages from any cause --especially whcu' attended by severe pains. {Ih.)

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643 TISCDM ALBUM.

" Completely neutralizes the effects of the Gossipiuin when that drug is taken to cause miscarriage. {Jb.)

" It has never tailed to prevent a threatened miscarriage, as far as I can learn. (/5.)

" Renders the pains of confinement inilder and more heara- Ue. ilb.)

" After pains — of a severe character.

" Cramps in tlie limbs during pregnancy.

" Palpitation of the heart, especially in pregnant women. {See Therapeutim)