AIZOON

(Lat.),n.n. ®)-i?-zo'o’n. Gr, decgwov. Syn.: sempervivum. 1. The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum). 2. The Sedum album. 3. A genus of ere (according to Endlicher, portulaceous) herbs established by Linnæus. [D, 10.J—A. canariense [Linnæus]. Sp siempreviva de México alex. Ph]. À species indigenous to the Canary Islands, where it is incinerated for the soda which it contains. [D, 79.] It is used in Mexico as à dentifrice and antiscorbutic, and the juice as an astringent. RE M. Maisch, ‘ Am. Jour. of Pharm.,” March. 1886, p. 122,]—A. his panicum. A Spanish species, used as a source of soda. [D, 79.] —A. paniculatum. A species indigenous to the Cape of Good Hope. [D, 99.]