The water-dragon is a nickname of the Caltha palustris, and dragon's-mouth of the Digitalis purpurea.

In France, the digitalis supplies her with gloves, and in days gone by the Convallaria polygonatum was the "Lady's seal."

Among other popular remedies were beetroot, box leaves, cabbage, cucumbers, black currants, digitalis, and euphorbia.

Divine HYGEIA, from the bending sky Descending, listens to his piercing cry; 425 Assumes bright DIGITALIS' dress and air, Her ruby cheek, white neck, and raven hair; Four youths protect her from the circling throng, And like the Nymph the Goddess steps along.

Hippocastanum digitalis are valuable for their divided leaves; while Ae.

These struggles between two resolute wills always brought on her palpitations, and she wished she had her phial of digitalis with her.

Shining in the sun amidst the flowering heather or glowing in majestic purple grandeur in the shade of shrubs stood many a foxglove, and almost as frequently seen was its relative digitalis lutea, whose flowers are much smaller and of a pale yellow.

The regulation of the heart's action is also of very great importance in these cases, and the physician should have no hesitancy in resorting to such remedies as digitalis and belladonna for the purpose of reducing the tension in the domain of the cerebral circulation.

Digitalis was a central diuretic.

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Height, 3 ft. Digitalis (Foxglove).Very showy, hardy, perennial border plants.

Height, 10 ft. Foxglove.See "Digitalis.

To prevent caterpillars attacking Gooseberries syringe the bushes with a decoction of common foxglove (Digitalis), or dust the leaves with Hellebore powder.

Leaving him the vials of digitalis and strychnine, therefore, I went back, and dined solus on my own car, indulging at the end in a cigar, the smoke of which would keep turning into pictures of Miss Cullen.

I couldn't resist calling back "How's your respiration, Mr. Cullen?" He laughed, and called, "Digitalis put me on my feet like a flash.

DIGITALIS purpurea.

Although the generality of herbs met with are prepared as above described, yet in such articles as Digitalis, Hyoscyamus, Conium, Toxicodendron, &c., where the quantity necessary for a dose is so small, and so much depends on its action, practitioners are often obliged to prepare it themselves.

The Digitalis is prepared by collecting the leaves in the summer, and stripping them off from the foot-stalks; these should be then carefully exposed to a slow heat, and the watery extract slowly thrown off; in which they should not be exposed to any great degree of heat, which by its action will deprive them of their fine green colour.

DIGITALIS purpurea.

431 Digitalis lutea Yellow Foxglove c.m. 432 - ambigua Great ditto c.m. 433 - ferruginea Iron-coloured ditto c.m. 434 Dodartia orientalis Eastern Dodartia l. 435 Penstemon pubescens American Penstemon l.b. 436 Iaevigatum Smooth-leaved ditto l.b.

S. digitalis, n. sp. 13. S. loculosa, n. sp. 14.

The ovicells are placed in a single series on one side of the rachis, as in S. digitalis, but are widely different in form.

S. digitalis, n. sp. Cells digitiform, slightly curved to the front, mouth circular, looking directly upwards.