COLUTEA

(Lat.), n. f. Ko2l-u2t(u4t)'e2-a3. Gr., (coAvrea. Fr., colutee, baguenaudier. Ger., Blasenstrauch. 1. A genus of leguminous plants indigenous to southern Europe, having papilionaceous flowers and bladder-like pods. 2. Of Theophrastus, a plant supposed to be the Pyrus cretic a. [B, 19, 121 (a, 24).] C. apert a [Schmidt]. Fr., baquenaud.ier de Levant. Ger., rother Blasenstrauch. A species the leaves of which are purgative. [B, 173, 180 (a, 24).] C. arbores cens [Linnaeus]. Fr., baquenaudier en arbre.faux senne. Ger., gemeiner Blasenstrauch. The common bladder-senna. The leaves are purgative, but weaker than senna, and are smoked in nasal catarrh; the grains are emetic, and a dye is obtained from the leaves. [B, 173, 180 (a, 24).] C. caule genistae fungosa. See POLYGALA vera. C. cruenta. See C. apert a. C. hirsuta [Roth]. See C. arbores cens. C. humilis [Scopoli]. See C. apert a. C. indica herbacea. See IN DIG OF ERA. C. oriental is [Lamarck], C. sanguine a [Miller]. See C. apert a. C. scorpioicles. The Coronilla emerus. [B, 180 (a, 24).] C. vesicaria. Fr., baguenaudier vesicula ire. 1. Of Thunberg, a species indigenous to the Cape of Good Hope, and used in ophthalmia. 2. Of the pharmacists, the C. arbores cens. [B, 173 (a, 24).] Folia coluteae. The leaves of C. arbores cens. [B. 180 (a, 24).] [s. 359]