led i tannic

[Lat. ledum (gen it. led i ), and Eng. tannic.) (See the compound.) IMG:content-0459.png:[blocks in formation] lē dům, s . [Lat.; Gr. led on =an Oriental shrub, Cistus cretic us , on the leaves of which ladanum was found.] [LADANUM.] Bot .: Labrador-tea: a genus of Ericaceæ, tribe Rhododendreæ. Calyx four-toothed; petals five, spreading; stamens four to ten; capsule five-celled, five-valved; seeds winged. The leaves of Ledum lati folium and L. palustre infused in beer produce headache, nausea, and even delirium. They have been prescribed in tertian ague, dysentery, and diarrhea. Ledum is used in the tanning of Ru ian leather.