Armeria

( Bot.) A gen. of plants, ord. Plumbagi nacea. - The Thrift, A. vulgar is, found in the Middle and Southern States, near the sea-coast, is a neat and elegant plant, bearing in June showy flowers, rose-colored. It is an active diuretic. From two drachms to an ounce of the flowers, freshly gathered and quickly dried, should be gently boiled, and the patient allowed to drink of the decoction ad libitum. Some aromatic substance is added to the decoction, as anise or cinnamon. The remedy appears to cause the excretion of urine in a direct manner.