LAPPA

(Lat.), n. f. La"p(lasp)'pa'. Fr., bardane (2d and.'5d def's). Ger.. Klette (2d def.), Klettentrnrzel (3d def.). It.. /. nii> i "' of Schultz are a division of the Serratulece. 3. Of the U. S. Ph., the root of L. officinal is ( L. major). |B, 5, 19, 34, 42, 64, 121, 173, ISO (a, 35).] 4. See LIPPITUDO. L. bardana. See L. major. L.. ciiierea. See STRATUM cinereum. L. glabra, L. major. Fr., bardane of ficin ale, grande bardane, lappe, poire de vfillee. grippe. Ger.,gro e (oder ciemeine) Klette, Mmxklelte. Dockenkrmtt, A'//xsenkr'aut. Burdock; a species indigenous to Europe, but growing abundantly in the United States. Its root, the /. of the U. S. Ph., has a feeble, unpleasant odor, and a sweetish, mucilaginous, somewhat bitter taste. It is used chiefly as a diuretic and diaphoretic alterative in scorbutic, syphilitic, and scrofulous affections, and in psoriasis and other chronic cutaneous diseases. The fruit (semen bar dance) in the form of tincture is often substituted for the root. The fresh leaves have been employed as an application to ulcers and in skin eruptions. [B. 5, 173, 180 (a, 35).] L. minor. Ger., kleine Klette (2d def.). 1. The Xanthium strum an urn. 2. A species of L. by some regarded as a variety of L. major. [B, 5, 121, 180 (a, 35).] L. omcinalis. See L. major. 1.. to mentos a. Fr., bardane cotonneuse. Ger., spinnengewebige (oder wolliye) Klette. A species having the properties of L. major, and by some regarded as a variety of it. [B, 5, 173, 180 (a, 35).] [s. 580]