LAVANDULA

(Lat.), n. f. La2(las)-va2n(wasn)'du2(du4)-la3. Fr., lavande (1st and 2d def's), fleurs de lavande (2d def.). Ger.. Lavendel (1st def.), Lavendelblumen (2d def.), Lavendelbliithen (2d def.). It., lavandola. Sp., espliego, alhucema. Syn.: flores lavandulce, [Ger. Ph.] (2d def.). 1. A genus of labiate plants, the only genus of the Lavandulce., which are a subtribe of the Labiatce. 2. in the U. S. Ph., Austr. Ph., Hung. Ph., and Netherl. Ph., lavender flowers. [B, 5, 18, 19, 34, 42, 121, 180 (a, 35).] See L. vera and Flores lavandulce. Acetum lavandulae. A preparation made by macerating 2 parts of lavender in from 12 to 24 of vinegar, sometimes adding 1 part of alcohol. [B, 119 (a, 38).] ^Ether oleum lavandulae [Dan. Ph., Norw. Ph., Swed. Ph.]. See Oil of LAVENDER. Aqua lav an dulse. Fr., eau (ou hydrolat) de lavande. A preparation made by mixing 1 part of lavender-flowers with 4 parts of water and distilling 2 parts of the liquid. [B, 119 (a. 38).] See also ACQUA di lavanda. E entia lav an dulse [Belg. Ph.]. See OU of LAVENDER. Flores lavandulm [Ger. Ph., Belg. Ph., Dan. Ph., Ru . Ph., Swed. Ph., Norw. Ph., Swi Ph.. Finn. Ph.]. Fr., lavande of ficin ale [Fr. Cod.]. Ger.. Lavendelbliithen. Sp., espliego, alhucema [Sp. Ph.]. Roum., lavendula [Roum. Ph.]. Syn.: 1. [U. S. Ph.. Austr. Ph., Hung. Ph., Netherl. Ph.], lavandulce flores [Gr. Ph.]. The flowers of L. vera. or of L. spica [Roum. Ph.], or of both [Sp. Ph.], or of L. spica (latifolia) [Dan. Ph.]. The Fr. Cod. orders L. spica for the preparation of huile d'aspic. The flowers are gathered before fully in bloom [Austr. Ph., Hung. Ph., Dan. Ph., Norw. Ph., Netherl. Ph., Roum. Ph., Ru . Ph., Swed. Ph.]. The Sp. Ph. (6th ed.) directs the use of the flower-tops already gone to seed instead of the flowers. [B, 95 (a, 38).] L. an gust i folia. See L. vera. L. carnosa. Fr., lavande charnue. See AN IS OCH I LOS carnosum. Lavandulae flores [Gr. Ph.]. See Flores lavandulce. L. latifolia. Fr., lavande a larges feuilles (ou femelle}. Ger., breitbldtteriger Lavendel. A species having stimulant flowers; by some identified with L. spica. [B, 173, 180 (a, 35).] L. offlcinalis. See L. uera. L. pyrenaica. Of Bentham, a variety of L. vera. [B, 180 (a, 35).] L. spica. Fr., spic. aspic, espic, lavande commune [Fr. Cod.]. Ger., gemeiner Lavendel, Spicke. Syn.: L. vidgaris, var. ft. Common lavender, a species formerly regarded as a variety of the L. vera. Its e ential oil. oil of spike (Fr., e ence d'aspic, huile d'aspic), has a le delicate fragrance than the true oil of lavender. It is used in veterinary medicine and by artists in the preparation of varnishes, and to adulterate the English oil. [B, 5, 18. 173, 180, 275 (a, 35).] L. stoechas. Fr., stcechas arabique. Ger., Schopflavendel, schopfiger Lavendel. Ca idony, French lavender, the <rfoix<s of Dioscorides, sticadoue, sticados; a species extending from the Canaries to Asia Minor. The flowers, known as flores stcechadox, or stocchas arabica, were official in the London Ph. as late as 1746, and are still used by the Arabs as an expectorant and antispasmodic. [B, 18, 19, 121, 173. 180, 275 (a, 35).] L. vera. Fr., lavande vraie (ou of ficin ale [Fr. Cod.], ou male). Ger., dchter (oderschmalbltittriger) Lavendel, gemeine(oderwahre) Spicke, Garten-Spicke. Syn.: L. offlcinalis, L. vulgar is, var. a. too; U", blue; U3, lull; U4, full: U6. urn: U, like u (German). [s. 591]