PARIETARIA

(Lat.), n.f. Pa2r(pa3r)-i2-eat-a(as)'ri2 a3. From paries, a wall. Fr., parietaire. Ger., Glaskraut. 1. Pellitory; a genus of herbs of the Parietariece (Fr., parietariees), which are a division (tribe) of the Urticece. 2. The P. officinal is (1st def.). (B, 34, 42, 121, 173, 180 (a. 35).] Aqua parietariae [Belg. Ph.]. Fr., eau (ou hydrolat) de parietaire. A preparation made by distilling 1 part of the herb of P. officinal is with water enough to make 2 parts of distillate. [B, 95 (a, 38).] Herba parietariae [Belg. Ph.]. Fr., parietaire [Fr. Cod.]. Sp., p. [Sp. Ph.]. The herb [Belg. Ph., Sp. Ph.] (the plant [Fr. Cod.]) of P. officinal is. The Sp. Ph. recognizes also P. diffusa. [B, 95 (a. 38).] P. coch incl i iii ens is. See BOEHMERIA coch inch in ens is. P. diffusa. Ger., ausgebreitetes Glaskraut (oder Wandkraut). A species found in southern and central Europe, used like P. officinal is (1st def.), which it very much resembles. [B, 180 (a, 35).] P. erect a. See P. officinal is (1st def.). P. major, P. officinal is. Fr., parietaire (of ficin ale), paritoire, epinard de muraille, her be a. Voperatoire (ou de none, ou de Notre-Dame, ou de verre), vitriole. Ger., aitfrechtes Glciskraut (oder Mauerkraut), Peters kraut, Tropfkraut, Tag-und-Nachtkraut. 1. Wall pellitory, (common) pellitory-of-the-wall, hammer wort, lichwort, virgin's plant, partridge-herb; a bushy species containing nitre, found throughout the greater part of Europe, where its herb, as well as that of P. diffusa, was formerly official as herb a parietarice (seu parietarice, vulgar is. seuparietarice major is), herb a helxines, herb a perdicarioe, and herb a vmeaginis. It is the eAfi'n; of the ancients, who used it in various diseases. It is still employed empirically in diseases of the urinary organs and in dropsy, fevers, etc., and as a cataplasm (in its fresh state) for painful tumors. It has a rough, salty taste, and is diuretic and refrigerant, but is hardly demulcent and emollient, as has been supposed. [B, 5, 19, 173, 180 (a. 35).] 2. Of Linnseus. see P. diff i is a.F. pennsylvanica. Sp., p. [Mex. Ph.]. American pellitory: a diuretic North American species growing in damp rocky places. [J. M. too; U", blue; U3, lull; U, full; TJS, urn; U, like ii (German). [s. 217]