ANTHYLLION

(Lat.), n. n. ‘l)’li2-o7n. See ANTHYLLIUM. ANTHYLLIS (Lat.), n, f. A*n(a8n)-ihi?1(thu®])li?s. Gen., anthyl'lid is. Gr., av@vad"s. 1. An ancient name for an herb resembling ground-ivy. Eling, (A, 318).] 2. A botanical genus (Vulneraria fournatorty, Barba Jovis [Ménch.]) made by a botanist cited by Rupp. (1718), adopted by Linneus. [B, 170) 3. Of Alpinus, the genus Cre a [Linnæus]. [B, 121.]—A. alsinefolia. The Poly carp on tetraphyllum. [B.|—A. cretic a [Willdenow]. A species rowing in Crete. [B, 78, 200.)—A. erinacea [Linnæus]. A thorny shrub growing in Spain and North Africa, the root of which (radix erinaceæ, seu genistæ erinaceæ) has astringent properties and was formerly used in medicine. {B, 180.|—A. Mermannize pinnae), A species found in the East, the root of which is diuretic. B, 121.]—A, hirsuta, A. leguminosa. The kidney-vetch. [L, 119.|—A. lunaria. The Medicago circinnata, [B.|—A. maritima alsines folio. See À. alsinefolia.—A. montana [Linnaeus]. A European species used as a vulnerary and in the composition of Fail trank. [B, 121.]—A. vulneraria [Linnæus]. Fr., anthyllide. Ger., Wundktee. Woundwort, allheal; a species growing in sunny places throughout Europe. Its herb (herb a anthyllidis, herb a vulnerariæ) was formerly used as a vulnerary. [B, 180.]— Herba anthyllidis. See A. vulneraria.