"Coughing in a shady grove Sat my Juliana, Lozenges I gave my love, Ipecacuanha-- Full twenty from the lozenge box The greedy nymph did pick; Then, sighing sadly, said to me-- My Damon, I am sick." _George Canning._ THYRSIS ET PHYLLIS. In nemore umbroso Phyllis mea forte sedebat, Cui mollem exhausit tussis anhela sinum: Nec mora: de loculo deprompsi pyxida loevo, Ipecacuaneos, exhibuique trochos: Illa quidem imprudens medicatos leniter orbes Absorpsit numero bisque quaterque decem: Tum tenero ducens suspiria pectore dixit, "Thyrsi! Mihi stomachum nausea tristis habet." The _Black Bryony _(Lady's-seal, or Oxberry), which likewise grows freely in our hedges, is quite a different plant from its nominal congener. It bears the name of _Tamus Vulgaris_, and belongs to the natural order of Yams. It is also called the Wild Hop, and Tetterberry or Tetterwort (in common with the greater Celandine), because curing the skin disease known as tetters; and further, Blackbindweed. It has smooth heart-shaped leaves, and produces scarlet, elliptical berries larger than those of the White Bryony. A tincture is made (H.) from the root-stock, with spirit of wine, which proves a most useful application to unbroken chilblains, when [69] made into a lotion with water, one part to twenty. The plant is called Black Bryony (_Bryonia nigra_) from its dark leaves and black root. It is not given at all internally, but the acrid pulp of the root has been used as a stimulating plaster. BUCKTHORN.