2.  Extract  of  logwood  dissolved  in  juice  of
elderberries  and  putrid  urine,  with  the  addi-
tion of  a  little  pearlash  for  the  blue,  and  a
very  little  oxalic  acid  or  oil  of  vitriol  for  the
EKD  variety.     Used  to  stain  wood.
Arch'il,  Herb.  Koccella  tinetoria.  See
Aeohil  (above),  LiCHEKS,  and  Mosses.
ARE(ar;  are — Eng.).  [Fr.]  See  Measuees.
AEE'CA.  [L.]  In  botany  a  genus  of  East
Indian  trees,  of  the  nat.  ord.  Palmse  (DC).
Areca  Cate'chn.  \\j. ;  Linn.]  Syn.  Aee'ca,
A.  Ih'dioa,  A.  Faufei,  Bb'tel-nut  teeb.
Mab.  East  Indies.  Eruit  (betei-nut),  astrin-
gent and  narcotic ;  husk  of  fruit  (penano  or
I'inakg),  sialagogue  and  stomachic ;  both  are
used  as  masticatories ;  wood  and  nut  yield  an
inferior  or  bastard  sort  of  catechu ;  charcoal


of  the  nut  highly  esteemed  as  tooth-powder ;
also  given  in  tape-worm  in  doses  of  i  oz.  and
4  oz. ;  said  to  be  more  efficacious  in  coarse
than  in  fine  powder. — Doses  for  Animals.
HOESE,  4  to  6  drachms ;  cattle,  4  to  8
drachms  j  DOG,  30  grains  to  2  drachms.
Areoa  Globulif  era.  [L.]  Properties  similar
to  the  last.
Areca  Olera'cea.  [L. ;  Willd.]  Cabbage-
palm.
AEEHA'CEOUS  (ar-e-).  Syn.  Aeeita'oeus,
L. ;  Aeenace,  Sablosneux,  Fr. ;  Sandig,
Sahdaetig,  Ger.  In  agriculture,  mineralogy,
&c.,  sandy ;  resembling  sand ;  friable.
ASENA"SIOUS  (-nare'-).  Syn.  Aeena"eius,
L. ;  Ae^naibe,  Fr.  Sandy,  arenaceous.  In
agriculture  and  botany  applied  to  soils  (abe-
NAEIOUS  soils)  in  which  sand  is  the  prevailing
and  characteristic  ingredient;  also  to  plants
that  grow  in  sandy  or  arid  soils.
ABEKA'IIOn^.  Syn.  Sabtteba'tion  ;  Aee-
ita'tio,  L.  5  Ae^nation,  Fr. ;  Sandbab,  Ger.
In  medicine  sandbathing  ;  a  practice  formerly
prevalent,  in  dropsy,  of  applying  hot  sand,
either  by  immersion  or  otherwise,  to  the  feet,
legs,  or  even  the  whole  body.
