BACCHARIS

(Lat.), n. f. Ba’k(ba?k)'kasr(ch?a3r)-i2s, Gen., bacchar’idis, -char'eos (bac'char is). Gr., Béxxapis (said Ra > from Béxxos, the god Bacchus, and xdpis, homage, es it was said to cure headache due to drunkenne ; but more probably only another form of Bdxxapis [see BaccaR]). Fr., baccharide, bacchante. 1. A shrubby fragrant plant with red flowers, mentioned by Dioscorides and Pliny; according to Linnæus, a species of B.(2d def —see B. Dioscoridis); according to Dumolin, the Salvia sclarea; or. according to others, a variety of Digitalis. [B, 88, 121.] See also Baccar. 2. A genus of composite herhs or small trees of the tribe Asteroideæ, subtribe Baccharideæ, with dicecious flower-heads, and usually a naked receptacle, the male flower having a minutely dentate corolla and one or many rows of bristly pappus. [B, 42.) 3. See BAcHArIS—B. iegyptiaca [Fnrsknl}. The Pluchea Dioscoridis. [B, 214.] —B. Alamani. See B. glutinosa.—B. an gust i folia [Michaux]. A species growing in the southern and southwestern United States, with mostly linear sub-entire leaves. [B, 215.] See B. ivæfotia.— Batk-katnt. See BACCHARIS (2d def.). Ba?kba°k)'ka®r(ch?a®r), Gen., bac’- B. articulata [Per so on]. Syn.: Conyza articulata [Lamarek], Molina articulata [Le .]. A Brazilian shrub with an uninterruptedly bi-alate stem and very small leaves. [B, 214.]—B. brasil i an a [Linnæus], B. bras i liens is [Linnæus]. See VERNON I A scabra,—B. eærules cens [De cantor See B. glutinosa.—B. chilco (Humboldt, Bonpland, Kunth]. Sp., chilco, chitca. A branching shrub growing in New Granada. |B, 214.]—B. chiiquifia [De Candolle]. Sp., chilquilla delrio. A shrub growing in the thickets and woods near streams in Chili, enumerate eons the medicinal plants of that country. [B, 214; “Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.,” xxiv, p. 766 (B).|—B. conferta (Humboldt, Bonpland, Kunth}. Sp., yerba det carbonero [Mex. Ph.]. Syn.: B. xalapensis (sea jul a pens is), B. cuneata, Conyza tricuneata (Willdenow}. A Mexiean shrub, employed for the same purposes as B. glutinosa. [J.M. Maisch, ‘* Am, Jour. of Pharm.,”’ April, 1886, p. 168; B, 60, ae B. confertifolia [Colla]. See B. chit quill a.—13. coridifoiia [De Candolle]. The mio mio; a shrubby species indigenous to southeastern South America; very poisonous to cattle and sheep, and said to contain an alkaloid termed bac char i nine, [B,5.]—B. cuneata [De Candolle]. See B. conferta.—B. cunei folia. 1, Of Minch, the B. halinifolia, 2. Of De Candolle, the B. magellanica. [B, 214, 265,|—A. Dioscoridis inne The Pluchea Dioscoridis. |B, 214.|—B. Douglas i i [De Candolle]. An herbaceous species with glutinous leaves, found in California and Chili. [B,215.]—B. foetid a [Linnæus]. See PLUCHEA bifrons and PLUCHEA camphor at a.—B. frutescens. See Bors guillaume. —. gau dich audi an a [De Candolle]. A Brazilian species closely resembling B. articulata. |B, 214.]—B. genisteiloides [Per so on]. Syu.: Molina reticulata [Le .], Conyza yenistelloides [Lamarck]. A South American undershrub distinguished by the three flat reticulate alee with which the stalk and branches are provided, and by the inconspicuous scale-like leaves. The plant is much sought after by horses, and is used as a remedy for chronic diseases of those animals. A bitter substance extracted from it is esteemed in Brazil a powerful remedy for intermittent fever. In that country the leaves are called cargueya a margosa. [G. Peckolt, “Pharm. Jour. and _ Trans.,” Oct., 1884, p. 327 (B): B, 19, 180.]— B. glutinosa [Per so on]. Sp., yerba del carbonero |Mex. Ph.]. Syn.: Molina viscosa [Ruiz and Pavôn].- A species growing in South America, Central America, and the southwestern part of the United States, having a glutinous stem from 3 to 10 feet high, woody below and herbaceous above. In Mexico it is used as a diaphoretic and as a remedy for catarrhs. In Chili a decoction is used for dysuria, and a resin obtained from it is employed for several purposes. [J M. Maisch, ** Ain, Jour, of Pharm.,” April, 1886, p. 168; B, 180, 215.) nkii [De Candolle]. See B. Douglas i i.—B. haiimitotia [Linnæus]. Fr., baccharide de Virginie, seneçon en arbre. Syn. Conyza halimifolia {Desfontaines]. The groundsel-tree; a shrub with obovate or oblong, deeply toothed leaves on the stalk, and lanceolate. sub-entire leaves on the peduncles, which bear panicles of from three to five flower-heads. It is found along the entire Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States and in the West Indies. Its leaves are said to be tonic and stimulant. [B, 173, 215. —B. heterophyila [Humboldt, Bonpland, Kunth]. Sp.… yerba del carbonero [Mex. Ph.]. A Mexican branching shrub; used in Mexico for the same purposes as B. glutinosa. (J. M. Maisch, * Am, Jour. of Pharm.,” April, 1886, p. 168; B, 214.)—B. indica [Lin- The Pluchea indica [Le .]. |B, 180.]—18. ivæfoiia [Lin- The Conyza ivæfotia. The B. ‘iræfotia which Linnæus and others described as indigenous to North and South America, and the leaves of which were said to furnish a decoction used as a stomachic tonic, was another plant, perhaps the B. an gust i folia. [B, 214.)—B. jalap ens is. See B. conferta.--B. linguiata [Kunze]. See B. rosmarinifolia—lB. magellanica Baron Syn.: B. se ilifloru [Vahl] (seu Bae ea [De Candolle], seu trident at a [Gaudichaud]), Conyza cunei folia (et magellanica) [Lamarck]. A species much resembling B. pat agonic a, but decidedly smaller, growing in abundance in Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands. |B, 214, 265.]—B. mierocephala [De Candolle]. Syn.: Molina microcephal a [Le .], A Brazilian species with tri-alate stems. In Parana a hot infusion of the plant is used as a bath in rheumatism. [B, 19, 214.]—B. muitiflora [Humboldt, Bonpland]. Sp., yerba del carbonero. A suffruticose Mexican species, used in Mexico for the same purposes as B. glutinosa. [J. M. Maisch, * Am. Jour. of Pharm.,” April, 1886, p. 168; B, 214.)—B. nereifolia [Linnæus). Fr., baccharide à feuilte de laurier-rose, See BRACHYLENA nereifolia.— B. oblong i folia [Sprengel]. Syn.: Molina oblong i folia [Ruiz and Pavôn]. A Chilian species, [B, 214. —B. obovata [De Candolle]. Syn.: Molina obovata [Rufz an Pavôn]. The tacyamacho; a Peruvian shrub. The B. obovata of Hooker and Arnott is perhaps the B. umbelliformis. {8, 214.)—B. pat agonic a [Hooker and Arnott|. Sp., romerillo chilote. A rare Patagonian species. [* Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.,” xxiv, p. 765 (B); B, 265.]—B. pilular is [De Candolle]. The kidney-plant of the Pacific coast of the United States. [J. Steele, ‘Proc. of the Am. Pharm, A oc.,” xxvi, p. 698 (B); B, 215.]—B. pingræa [Nuttallj.. See B. glutinosa — B. pro strata [Per so on]. Syn.: Molina pro strata (Ruiz and Pavôn]. The pachatacya; à prostrate shrub of the Peruvian Andes, with obovate, dentate or entire leaves, and with axillary peduncles bearing a single flower-head. Used in decoction for dysuria. [B, 180, 214.]—B. rosmarinifolia [Hooker and Arnott}. Sp., romero, romero de la tierra, romerillo. A Chilian shrub with resinous-glandular branches densely covered with thick, linear, coriaceous leaves. [B, 214.]—B. salvia [Loureiro]. The Blumea balsam if era. [B, 172, 212.]—B. se iliflora [Vahl], B. trident at a [Gaudichaud]. See B. magellanica.—B. trimer a [De Candolle]. Se: Molina trimer a [Le .]. A Brazilian species the stems of which are alate, like those of B. genistelloides, and are used in infusion as a tonic and sudorific. [B, 19, 180.]—B. tricuneata [Per so on]. See B. conferta.—B. umbeiliformis [De Candolle]. Sp.,chilca. A Chilian species with umbellate flower-heads. [‘*Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.,” xxiv, p. 765 (B); B, 214.)—B. veneta [Humboldt, Bonpland, Kunth]. See BrGrLOvIA vencta.— B. venosa [De Candolle]. Syn.: Molina venosa [Ruiz and Pavén]. O, no; 0%, not; 0%, whole; Th, thin; Th?, the; U, like 00 in too; U2, blue; US, lull; U4, full; US, urn; US, like ü (German). A Peruvian shrub resembling B. genistelloides, having its whole surface covered with a viscid resinous secretion.’ [B, 214.]—18. viscosa. 1. See PLUCHEA bifrons. 2. Of Lamarck, a plant thought to be the Baume des Isles de France et de Bourbon. The latter, however, is now referred to Conyza (Psiadia) glutinosa. [B, 46, 88.|—B. xalapensis [Humboldt, Bonpland, Kunth]. See B. confeta Herba baccharidis. The herb of Conyza squarrosa., 180,