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LIBRARY NEW YORK BOTANICA) GARDEN MEDICO-BOTANICAL CATALOGUE OF THE PLANTS AND FERNS OF ST. JOHN’S, BERKLY, SOUTH- CAROLINA.* “The remark of Dr. Macbride to Professor Ives, to the effect, that we should only obtain a knowledge of the natural productions of the country, when literary and philosophical societies shall record the observations, and secure the local Flora’s, prepared by accurate examiners.”—Preface to Eaton’s Botany, Ith Ed, WE shall not here speak of the advantages attending the study either of General or Medical Botany, but only observe, that to the inguirer in this department, complete catalogues of the plants of circumscribed localities are not merely useful by determining the habitat and range of species, but acquire additional value from the fact that they diminish labor. Performing for each lo- eality what Elliott’s sketch did for the State at large, they enable the student to confine himself with the same advantage and at the expense of less time and trouble to alimited number. With- out being compelled to search thronghout the numerous species of a compendious North American Botany, he has only to notice those of whose existence he is already advised. And thus they contribute more rapidly to develope the natural resources around him. We have endeavored to ally this one more closely to me- dicine, and render it not without interest to physicians generally, * This essay was presented to the Faculty of the Medical College of the State of South-Carolina, and obtained the prize, awarded by a committee of medical gentlemen, appointed for the purpose of selecting, from among the theses offered for the degree of M.D., that most worthy of publication. 4 A Medico-Botunical Catalogue of Plants, §c. by Inserting numerous references to works which contain desi- rable information, concerning those possessing medicinal or use- ful qualities. The investigation necessary for ascertaining and collecting these, has unfolded a vast fund of facts relative to the virtues of a large proportion, as it will be observed, of the plants both obscure and well known among us. It has also convinced us of the truth of the assertion, that we have every means for the preservation and restoration of health, in the indigenous va- rieties so remarkably abundant in the lower portions of South- Carolina. It will be seen that we have consulted both the older and more recent works on the Materia Medica—from Cullen and Burguis, down to Pereira and Bell. Matson’s Vegetable Practice to us was worthy of notice—containing as it does exclusive reference to the herbs upon which, the so-called, steam practitioners rely. We must not omit calling attention to that very complete and extensive work in 6 vols by Mérat and de Lens, the Dict. Univ. de Matiére Médicale. In it can be found much concerning our Medical Flora—much that is not generally Known or not alluded to in the Dispensatories—and which might be of essential ser- vice to those not merely desirous of ascertaining what has already been discovered, but also more thoroughly of investigating the hidden qualities of others. Frequent reference is made to Jour- nals which contain monographs, inaugural theses, and special dissertations on particular plants. Besides a notice of those used in domestic practice on the plantations, we have introduced in a condensed form the diseases to which they have been ap- plied ; and that others not recognizing them under their botani- cal significations alone, may add to this, we will also, where we can obtain them, insert the common names to the medicinal spe- cies ; these vary in Cifferent localities, and of course cannot be relied on. By presenting at one view the immediate sources from whence information is easily procured, each one, having his attention attracted to them, may with greater facility proceed directly to the task of application, examination, or experiment ; and thus we endeavor to embrace the true principles of advance, those. which enable every individual, to grasp at one glanee all that has already been labored through and accomplished by his predecessors, and assuming their limits as the starting point for fresh exertions, make more rapid strides toward new acquisi- tions. ‘That the materials—the plants themselves, may be easily recognized and obtained, we have been at the pains to mark over against each, the month in which they were collected, and atany time may be found blooming—for the practical botanist, special reference ismade to the precise spot where the more rare and remarkable can be seen—and at the instance of the State Geolo- arr A Medico- Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §c. 5 gist, indicating in every case,* what kind of lands they prefer, whether oak, hickory, or swamp, whether immersed in ponds flourishing in inundated soils, or living in dry pine barrens. We must express our very great obligation to H. W. Ravenel, Esq., of North Hampton, St. Johns Berkley, for the use of his catalogue, and for the determination and confirmation of nume- rous species, but more particularly for the graminee contained herein. He has also assisted us in the valuable task of adapting many of Elliott’s species to the nomenclature of Eaton’s Manual and of the still more recent work of Torry and Gray. The former is alluded to. because it has beeu in such general use, the latter is now universally recognized as the standard by which genera are determined and synonymes compared. When that laborious work shall be completed, a science continually under- go.ng alteration will demand the complete revision of Elliott’s sketch. We also acknowledge the receipt of a list of plants, collected in the lower portion of the Parish by the Rev’d C. Wallace, from this we have derived two or three species which had escaped our notice. ‘l’o Prof. L. R. Gibbes of the Charleston College, we are indebted for examining with us, and determining several unas- certained species, Prof. C. U. Shephard has enabled us to com- pare some of our plants with those growing in a more northern latitude. Between 50 and 100 doubtful specimens collected by Mr. Ravenel! and myself, either not accurately described, or not contained in Elliott, have been transferred to that veteran botan- ist, Prof. Gray of Cambridge, and we have been gratified at re- ceiving them in time, to enable us to embody and present them to the Faculty of the South-Carolina Medical College. In order that greater accuracy might be ensured, Dr. John Bachman very kindly allowed us to compare our specimens with his own, and with those in the Herbarium of Mr. Elliott, at présent in his possession. > Those alluded to by Elliott or MacBride, as growing in the vicinity of the Santee Canal, which we have not seen, are distin- guished by an asterisk (*) ; and in the body of the catalogue, we have designated those afterwards referred to as medicinal, by a cross (ft), placed on lines running parallel with, and to the left of the columns * Who suggested it for its application in a Geological point of view, where we often predicate concerning the priority, or posteriority of formations, from a knowledge of the vegetable remains found imbedded in the different strata, Lam referred to a slight mistake of Mr. Lyell in relation to the Cupressus disticha, arising from the want of an accurate acquaintance with these very facts in re- gard to its permanent emersion or immersion at the base. See Quar Journ. Geol. Socy., for Nov. 1846. ia 6 A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §c. Indigenous Medicinal Plants of St. John’s, Berkley. , REFERENCES AND USES.* WORKS CONSULTED. U. States Dispensatory, Wood & Bache, 1845, Thacher’s U.S. Dispensatory, Coxe’s American Dispensatory, Pereira’s Materia Medica and Therapeu- tics, 2 vols. ; Edwards & Vavasseur, Matiere Medicale, ? Paris, 1836, 5 Kberle’s Mat. Med. and Therapeuties, Phil- ad., 1834, 2 vols. P Practical Dictionary of Materia Medica, by Jno, Bell, | Bergii, Mat. Med. e regno vegetabili, &c., Stockholmee, 1782, Lewis, Mat. Med., London, 1791, 2 vols. Trousseau et Pidoux, Traité de Thérapeu- tique, et de Mat. Médicale, Paris, 1837, Royle’s Mat. Méd., Philad., 1847, Mérat et De Lens Dictionaire de Matiere Médicale, f Cullen’s Materia Medica, Ballard & Garrod’s Materia Medica, 1846, Barton’s Medical Botany, : Barton’s Collection towards the formation @ of a Materia Medica, 4 Chapman’s Therap. and Mat. Med. Woodville’s Medical Botany, Bigelow’s Medical Botany, Boston, 1820, Elliott's Sketch of Botany of S. Carolina and Georgia, Cha’ston, 1821, Medical Notes, Drayton’s View of S. Carolina, Cha’ston, ? 1802, 4 Shecut’s Flora Carolineensis, or a History, medical and economical, of the Vege- table Kingdom, Cha’ston, 1806, Matson’s Vegetable Practice, Frost’s Elements of Mat. Medica, English Physician, by Nich. Culpepper, } Geant. ‘Student in Physic and Astrolo- | gy,” (no date,) “An Astrologo-Physi- ‘ cal Discourse on Vulgar Herbs,” &c. j Watson’s Practice of ‘Physic, 2d Am. ed., 1845, Lindley’s Natural System of Botany, with ) the uses of important species in medi- 4 cine, the arts, and domestic economy, | London, 1836, Pharm. Journals, Reviews, Monographs, &c. ABBREVIATIONS USED. U.S. Disp. Thacher’s U. 8. Disp. Coxe Am. Disp. Pe. Mat. Med. Kd. & Vav. Mat. Med. Eb. Mat. Med. Bell’s Pract. Dict. Bergii Mat. Med. Le. Mat. Med. Trous. et Pid. Mat. Méd. Royle Mat. Med. Mér. et de L. Dict. de Mat. Méd. Cull. Mat. Med. Ball. & Gar. Mat. Med. Bart. Med. Bot. Bart. Coll. to form. of Mat. Med. Chap. Mat. Med. and Th. Woodv. Med. Bot. Big. Med. Bot. Ell. Bot. Med. Notes. Dray. View. Shec. Fl. Carol. Mat. Veg. Pract. Fr. Elems. Culpepper Eng. Phys. Watson’s Pract. Physic. Lind. Nat. Syst. of Bot. *[In the original manuscript the catalogue followed the prefatory remarks; but. as a division was necessary, we have taken the liberty to disturb the natural se- quences, by reversing it, that we may add the result of Dr. Gray’s examination, of duplicates not yet returned.] A Medico- Botanical Catalogue of Plants, Sc. 7 Achillea Millefolium, (Milioil.)—U. S. Disp., p. 1222 Appen- dix; Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 267; Le. Mat. Med. ,v. IL, 108; Hoffman “De praestantia remed. domest., vs: Bergii Mat. ’Med., 738; Mat. Veg. Pract., 299; Mer. & DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med.. el, 22; Shee. Fl. Carol., 91; Lind. Nat. Syst., 253. It in- creases the intoxicating effects of drinks, and is used as a remedy for the involuntary discharge of urine in children. « A tonic and antispasmodic in passive hemorrhage and leucorrhea. Acorus Calamus, (Calemus.)—Pe. Mat. Med. and 'Therap., IL., 76; Royle’s Mat. Med., 602; Le. Mat. Med., I., 251; Hoff- man Observations Phys. Chim., t. L., Obs. L.; Ell. Bot. Note, I, 403; U.S. Disp., 145; Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 281; Ball. & Gar. Mat. Med., 431; Bergii Materia Medica, 287; Meér. & De L., t. L.. 63; Woodv. Med. Botany, Aun. de Chim., LXXXL, 332; Coxe Am. Disp., 18; Shee. Fl. Carol., 96. An aromatic stimulant and stomachic. Ed. & Vav. state that it has been ad- ministered successfully in intermittent fever. “On |’ a beaucoup vanté pour combatre les symptomes cérébraux qui accompagnent la séconde période des fiévres dites ataxiques.” Op. cit., 282. It is used as a remedy for flatulency. Achyranthes repens, (Forty knot.)—Fr. Elems., 287. A valua- ble diuretic in ischury and dysury. Aesculus pavia. (Buck eye, Horse chesnut.)—Shee. Fl. Carol., 105. Relieves tooth-ache ; has the property of intoxicating fish when thrown in pools of standing water. (See Ell. Bot.) Starch is made from the fruit. Agave Virginica.—Ell. Bot., I., 402. A domestic remedy for flatulent colic; used in St. John’s for the bite of the rattle-snake ; called, by negroes, rattle-snake’s master It grows in Wassama- saw, and is not very common. Agrimonia cupatoria, (Agrimony.)—Ed. & Vav. Mat. Méd., 133; Parr’s Med. Dict., art. Agr. cupatoria; U.S. Disp., 1224 ; App. Le. Mat. Med., I.. 42; Cullen’s Mat. Med., IL., 31; Bergii Mat. Med., I., 404; ‘Mer. & De L. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. re 114; Shec. F'l. Carol., liL.; Lind. Nat. Syst. of Bot., 114. ' With bis. muth, it imparts a golden dye to wool. An astringent in passive hemorrhage, gonorrhoea and leucorrhoea, highly recommended as a deobstruent in jaundice and visceral obstructions. (See Op. cit.) ‘The Indians use it intermittent fever. Aletris aurea, (Yellow Star Grass.)—Ell. Bot., L, 39; Fr. Elems., 283; U.S. Disp., 67. Purgative and nauseating in large doses. A. farinosa, (Unicorn Root.)—Pe. Mat. Med. and Therap., IL‘ 121; Fr. Elems., 283; Mer. & DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. L, 161; Lind. Nat. Syst. of Bot. , 353; Big. Am. Med. Bot., IL. 92: Clayton’s Phil. Trans., abr. Vil. 333; Cutler Am. Acad., I. 435, Both of these plants have been used with success in in. 8 A Medico- Botanical Catalogue of Plants, &§c. termittent fevers, attended with dropsical swellings—loc. cit. Employed as a tonic in domestic practice on the plantations. Alnus serulata, (Alder.)—Shee. FI. Carol., 273; see Betula alnus, (op. cit.) Used as an alterative in scrofula. Ambrosia artemisifolia.—Mer. et DeL, Dict. de Mat. Med., t. I., 227. Amaryllis. atamasco, (Atamasco lily.) —Ell, Bot., 1., 384; sup- posed to produce the disease in cattle called ‘staggers.’ Anagallis arvensis, (Red chickweed.)—U. 8. Disp., 1227, app.; Le. Mat. Med., I.,80; Mer. & DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. I., 276; Woodv. Med. Bot. Orfila Toxicologie, II., 275; Mem, Acad. Royal de Med., 18, Mars. An., 1826. In repute as a remedy for the bite of the viper. Shec. Fl. Carol., 151—-‘“‘Posses- ses sudorific, vulnerary, anti-epileptic and anti-hydrophobic vir- tues.” Lind. Nat. Syst. of Bot., 224—“Really possesses highly energetic powers: for Orfila destroyed a dog by making him swallow three drachms of the extract.” Op. cit. Woodville states that it is acrid and poisonous. Used asa local application in ill-conditioned ulcers, and internally in visceral obstructions, dropsy, epilepsv and mania. : Andromeda mariana.—U. 8. Disp., 1228, app.; Mer. & DeL. Dict. de Mat, Med., t. I., 289; Coxe Am. Disp., 84; Shee. Fl. Caro].,156. Employed in domestic practice ; remedy for her- pes, &c. ; as a wash for ulcers to which negroes are liable. And-nitida, (Sorrel tree, Male whortle-berry.)—Ell. Bot. Med., note I., 483. A decoction of leaves used in the cure of itch. And-arborea, (Sorrel tree.)\—U. 8. Disp., app. 1227. Leaves, when chewed, allay thirst. And-speciosa.—-U. S. Disp., app. 1228. Said to bea powerful errhine. Apoynum cannabinum, (Indian hemp.)—Pe. Mat. Med., IL., 365; Jour. of Phil. Coll. of Pharm., V., 186; Am. Jour of Med. Science, XII., 55; Dr. Griscom, in Op. cit., U. S: Dis., 108; Am, Med. Rev., III., 197; Bell Pract. Dict. of Mat. Med., 61; Ball. & Gar. Mat. Med., 333; Merat & DeL. Dict: de Mat. Med., t. L, 368. Used in domestic practice in St. John’s; called, by the negroes, Gen’l. Marion’s weed, from its having been a favorite remedial agent in his camp; a powerful emetic and cathartic ; promotes diaphoresis and expectoration. ‘‘Decoction acted asa powerful hydragogue cathartic, and completely cured an aggra- vated case of ascites.” Arachis hypogea, (Ground nut.)—Shee. FI. Carol., 191. Said to possess aphrodisiac properties. ‘English Physician,” by Nich. Culpepper, p. 85. Aralia spinosa, (Prickly ash, Hercules club of the negroes.)— Ch. Mat Med., IL, 231; Fr. Elems., 20; Ell. Bot.,373; Mer. & Del. Dict, de Mat. Med., t.1, 379; Coxe Am. Disp., 100; Shec A Medico- Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §-c. 9 F]. Carol., 191. Used in lues venerea. ‘The rattle-snake’s mas- ter, par excellence of the negroes; they rely upon it almost ex- clusively as a remedy for the bite of serpents. I have been in- formed by one who possessed some local reputation as a leech, that le administered the bark of the root in substance; from him has been derived some information concerning plants used in domestic practice, and also those derived from the Indians. Me- rat says that it is employed in rheumatism, to allay pain caused by carious teeth, and in violent colics. “Probably to be preferred to any emetic yet discovered, among our native plants.” Archangelica triquinata, (Angelica lucida of some authors.) —Le. Mat. Med.,L, 85; U.S. Disp., 98; Woodv. Med. Bot., 86, 35; Journ. de Pharm., 3, ser. 2, 124; Pe. Mat. Med. and 'Therap., IL, 469; Ed & Vav. Mat. Med., 276; Mer. & DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. [., 297 ; Shee. Fl. Carol., 167. This posesses more aroma than any of our indigenous plants; used in spasmodic vomiting, flatulent colics and nervous head-aches ; some say it is powerfully emmenagogue. ' Argemone Mevicana, (Prickly Poppy.)—Me. & De. L., Dict. Univ. De. Mat. Med. T. 1, 395; Jour. de Pharmacie, XIV, 73; Bull. des. Sc. Med. de Ferus VII{, 210; De Cand. Essay, 116. ‘The negroes of Senegal use a decoction of the root in Go- norrhea. In Java, they employ: it in inveterate cutaneous dis- eases, and as a caustic in Chancres. In the Indies, in Opthal- mia and Coup de Soleil. “The flowers are narcotic, and the seeds may be substituted for Ipecacuanha.” See the Dict. de Mat. Med. A more careful examination of this plant might well repay the labor bestowed upon it. Aristolochia Serpentaria, (Small or Virgivia Snake Root.)— Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 249; Ed. Mat. Med. and Therap. L, 280; Trous. & Pid. Mat. Med., I. 336; Le Mat. Med. I, 163 ; Fr. Elems., 520; Bell’s Pract. Dict. Mat. Med., 420 ; Royle Mat. Med., 532; U.S. Disp. 658; Pe. Mat. Med. & Therap. I, 231; Journ. de Pharmacie, VI., 365; Jour. de Chimie, Med. T. VIL, 493 ; Sydenham, Peechey’s Trans. 4 Ed. 33; Ball. & Gar. 375; Cull. Mat. Med. II, 85; Bergii Mat. Med. II, 765; Mer. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t..1, 415; Big. Am. Med. Bot. IIL, 82; Murray, App. Med. I., 348; Chap. Therap. and Mat. Med. II., 411; Lind. Hot Climates, 104, 254; Shee. Fl. Ca- rol. 203; Lindley’s Nat. Syst. of Bot., 206; Barton’s Med. Bot. IL, 51; Woodv. Med. Botany. Well known as a tonic and diaphoretic—~of great value in the treatment of Typhus fever, in Chlorosis, atonic affections pases canal ; indicated where we wish to stimulate, and excite at the same time a free diaphoresis and diuresis. It promotes the cutaneous secretions in exanthematous diseases, where the eruptions are tardy. Used 10 A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §-c. very considerably among the negroes on the plantations. Its effects are increased by uniting with camphor. Arum Tryphyllum, (Wake robin—Indian turnip.)—Chap. Therap. II, 41; Matson’s Veg. Pract., 295. Thomson also in the Steam practice. Eb. Mat. Med. & Therap. IL, 437; U.S. Disp. 123; Pe. Mat. Med. IL, 78; Big. Am. Med. Bot. I., 52; Am. Jour. of Pharm. XV., 83; Thacher’s fU. 8. Disp, Art. A triphyllum, 153; Cullen’s Mat. Medica II., 211 and 554; Mer. de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. 1, 460; Caxe. Am. Disp., 121; Big Am. Med. Bot. I., 52; Schoepf. Mat. Med., 133; Op. Cit. Rush II., 30' ; Barton’s Coll. to form. of Mat. Med., 29; Shec. Fl. Carol., 273; McCall in Phil. Med. Jour. II, 84; Cutler’s Am. Acad. I, 487; Lind. Nat. Syst. of Bot., 364. “Milk in which - the acrid principle of the A. tripyllum has been boiled, has been known to cure consumption!” De. Cand. cit. in Lind. In the Nat. Syst. Bot. p. 364. Lindley remarks of some of this class, “That the spadines disengage a sensible quantity of heat when they are about to open.” Agardh, considers that the acrid prin- ciple, which notwithstanding its fugacity, has lately been ob- © tained pure, is of great power as a stimulant. In corroboration, I would mention that I have produced vesication merely by plas cing a small portion of the stem of the Arum Walteri, in contact with the unbroken skin, both species are very irritating to the Fauces. The root sliced, used as an application for poison from the ivy. “In the chronic asthmatic affections of old people, it is a remedy of very considerable value.” According to Dr. Thacher of approved efficacy in Rheumatism, and aphthous sore- throat. Asarum Canadense, (Wild ginger.)—Pe. Mat. Med. IL, 234; Fr. lems. 220; Am. Jour. of Pharm. X., 186; Dict. Univ. des drogues simples, An., 1733; U. S. Disp., 125; Cull. Mat. Med. II., 473-553; Me. and De. L. Dict. Univ. de Mat. Med. t. L, 463; Big. Am. Med. Bot. I., 149; Schoepf. Mat. Med. 72, in op. cit. Barton’s Coll. to Mat. Med. 26,48; Coxe’s Am. Disp. 368; Lind. Nat. Syst., 206. A stimulant and diaphoretic “applicable to similar cases with serpentaria.” Used among the people as a substitute for ginger. A friend, who has employed it to some extent on his plantation, informs me that in large doses it isa never failing emetic. More than a teaspoonful of the root taken in warm water at a dose. A Virginicum, (Heart Snake Root.)—Fr. Elems. 219; Shee. Fl. Carol. 218. “As a stimulating diaphoretic, fully equal'to the aristolochia serpentaria.” A. Arifolium.—Shec. FI. Carol. see A. Eucopeum, 217. An emetic and errhine, used in paralysis of mouth and tongue. Asclepias tuberosa, (see A. decumbens of some authors ; Pleu- risy Root, Butterfly weed.)—Pe. Mat. Med. and Therap. II., 347; A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §c. 11 Chap. Mat. Med. and Therap. 1, 351; U. 8. Disp., 127; Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 345; Eb. Mat. Med. II., 219; Ell. Bot. L, 326; Big. Am. Med. Bot. Il, 65; Thacher’s Disp. Art. A. tube- rosus, 154; Bart. Med. Bot. 1, 244; Lind. Nat. Syst. 304; Am. Med. Record. IIL, 334; Chap. Therap. and Mat. Med., 389 ; Fr. Elems. 217; Bell’s Pract. Dict. Mat. Med., 82; Cull. L., 6; Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. 1, 467; Prodr. 458; An. 1810; Shee. Fl. Carol. 220; Bart. Coll. Mat. Med., 48; Lind. Nat. Syst., 304. Used in Dysentery, and as an eschacotic for fungous growths. Diaphoretic sudorific and purgative ; “has the singu- lar property of exciting general perspiration without increasing in any perceptible degree the heat of the body.” (Lindley see A. decumbens.) Of some value in Rheumatism, Catarrh, subacute Pneumonia, and in Phthsis as a palliative. Dr. Macbride, expe- rimented very largely with this plant. Asclepias Verticillata, (Dwart Milk weed.)—Domestic remedy in repute for bite of snakes. This is said to be very deservedly celebrated by those who have used it in the upper districts of South-Carolina. Asparagus officinalis, (Grows wild on banks of Cooper Riv- er.)—U. 8S. Disp. 1230 App.; Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 318, &c. Aster tortifolius.—Used in domestic practice. Baccharis halimifolia, (Sea Myrtle, Consumption weed.)— Shec. FI. Carol, 256. This plant is of undoubted value and of very general use in domestic practice as a palliative and demul- cent in consumption and cough. “The Bark is said to exude a Gum so much resembling honey, as to attract bees in great num- bers.” Shee. loc. cit. Baptisia tinctoria, (Wild Indigo.)—Barton’s Med. Bot. IL., 57; U.S. Disp., 1231; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot. 153. In large do- ses a cathartic and emetic, roots and herbage possess antiseptic properties. Dr. Comstock, speaks highly of its efficacy in threat- ened or existing mortification—virtues reside in cortical part of the root. Eberle uses a decoction 1n aggravated cases of ulcera- ted Umbilicus ; see *‘Diseases of children,” p. 98. . Berberis canadensis, (Barberry.)—U. S. Disp., 1233 App. ; Lind. Nat. Sys. Bot. 30; Shee. Fl. Carol, (see B. vulgaris,) 268. Domestic remedy for Jaundice. Root used as a yellow dye. The irritability of its stamens is very remarkable. It is said to have a singular effect upon wheat growing near it, turning the ears black for 50 or 100 yards around. Bignonia capreolata.—Shee. F |. Carol., 278, (see B. Setigera.) A detergent and alterative, very similar to sarsaparilla. Buseus sempervirens, (Box.)—Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 512; Le. I., 244; Bergii. Mat. Med. II., 799. Cactus.—See Opuntia. 12 A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §c. Callicarpa Americana, (French Mulberry.)—Dray. View. S. C., 62. Said to be useful in dropsical complaints. Callitriche Verna, (Water chick weed.)—Shec. Fl. Carol., 326. Domestic remedy in dropsy. Caprifolium.—See Lonicera. ; Catalpa Cordifolia, (Catalpa.)—U. 8. Disp., 1240; Journ. Phil. Coll. Pharm. VI., 352; Shec. Fl. Carol., 276. See Bryo- nia catalpa. Decoction used by Japanese in Asthma. Capsella Bursa pastoris—See Thlaspi Le. Mat. Med. L, 243; Bergii. Mat. Med. IL, 589; Me. & de L., Dict. de Mat. Med. t. VL, 732. Cassia chamaechrista, (Cassia..\—Me. & de L. Dict. Univ. de Mat. Med., t. Il., 129. Leaves are purgative C. Occidentalis.—Me & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. IL, 130; Marcgrave in his Hist. of Brazil, mentions it asa remedy against the poison of venomous animals, and in strangury. It is also useful as an application in inflammation of the anus, and erysi- pelatous eruptions. Merat. Loe. cit, Castanea pumila, (Chinquapin.)—U. 8. Disp., 189. Bark employed in the cure of intermittents, of no great value. Ceanothus Americana, (New-Jersey Tea tree.)—Ferrein Mat. Med. TIL., 338; U.S. Disp., 1240 App.; Ell. Bot. 291; Boston Med. & Surg. Journ., 1835; Lind. Nat. Syst., 108; Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. I, 165. An astringent in gonorrheal discharge. Mr. Tuomey informs me, that great use is made of it in domestic practice in Chesterfield district, S. C. An infusion of the leaves was employed during the Revolutionary War, as a substitute for tea. I have experimented with the green leaves, and obtained a liquor somewhat resembling common tea, both in color and taste. Referring to its antisyphilitic powers, Ferrien says, “Elle guerit aussi en moins de quinze jours les veneriens les plus invétérés.”. The Indians used it in diseases of this class. Celtis occidentalis, (Sugar berry.)—Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. IL, 170; Flore. Med. 1,90. A febrifuge. Centaurea benedicta, (Blessed thistle.)\—Trous. et Pid. Mat. Med. and Therap. t. I., 253; Thompson Steam Pract.; Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 179; U. S. Disp. 196, Le L., 202; Pe IL., 408; Woodv. Med. Bot. 34, t. 14; Ann. de Therap. An. 1843, 206; Bergii M. Med. I., 747 ; Me. and de L. dict. de Mat. Med.t. IL, ‘171; Used in Dyspepsia, chronic Diarrhea and Gout. Woodv. loc cit. “It possesses marked tonic properties.” A large dose of decoction is emetic. It is employed as a febrifuge, in dyspepsia, pleurisy and chronic peripneumony. Ed. & Vav. loc. cit. Cephalanthus occidentalis, (Button Wood.)—Ell. Bot. 187. Dray. View. S. C. 62; Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. IL., 176; Shec. Fl. Carol. 376. Decoction used as a wash in palsy, A Medico- Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §c. 13 B'liott states that the inner bark of the root is frequently em- ployed in obstinate coughs. loc. cit.sup. Mérat notices it as an ~ anti-venereal. Cerasus serotina, (Wild Cherry.)—(See prunus of some au- thors.) U. S. Disp., 576; Journ. Phil. Coll, Pharm. X., 197, and XIV., 27; Bell’s Pract. Dict., 389; Eb. Mat. Med. & Therap., 300; Pe. Mat. Med. & Therap. II., 538; Le. JL, 487. Phil. Trans. No. 418; Michaux N. Am, Sylv. IL., 205 ; Ball. & Gar. Mat. Med., 273; Cull. M. Med. 288 ; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot. 147; Woodv. Med. Bot. (P. laurocerasus,) Leaves sedative and anti- spasmodic. Coughs. Angina Pectoris, &c. Adapted to dyspep- sia with neuralgic symptoms. Dr. Eberle states that the cold infusion had the effect of reducing his pulse from 75 to 50 strokes in the minute. Chenopodium botrys, (Worm Seed, Jerusalem Oak.)—Le. L., 235; Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 304; U.S. Disp. 206; Bergii Mat. Med. L., 181; Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. IL., 225; Shee. Fi. Carol. 388. Au infusion administered in hysteria, chronic eatarrhs and humoral asthma. Chenop. album.—Mer. & DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. IT., 223; Phys. Med. Trans., Calcutta, II., p. 40. A sedative and diuretic. Hemorrhoids. Chenop. anthelminticum, (Jerusalem oak.)—Eb. Mat. Med., 218; Pe., IL, 274; Ell. Bot., L, 331; Chap. Therap. and Mat. Med., I1.,71; Dray. View S. C.,65; Fr. Elems., 191; U.S. Dis., 206; Bart. Med. Bot., IL, 183; Am. Journ. Pharm., V., 180; Bergii Mat. Med., t. L, 183. Well known as “one of the most efficient indigenous anthelmintics,” adapted to the expulsion of lumbrici in children. It is employed on plantations to a con- siderable extent. Chelone glabra, (Snake head.)—Mat. Veg. Pract., 215. Ad- ministered as an anthelmintic; in jaundice, hepatic disorders and constipation. Chemaphila maculata.—(The C. mac. and Pyrola maculata have been sometimes confounded, and the references apply to either, both commonly called Pipsissewa, Winter-green.)—Chap. Therap. and Mat. Med., L, 313; Eb. Mat. Med., I., 321; Bill. Bot., 505; Eat. Man. Bot., 240; Bell’s Pract. Dict., 128; Mitch- ell’s Inaug. Thesis, 1803; Ed. & Vav. Mat: Med., 320: Pe. Mat. Med., IL , 380; U.S. Disp., 208; Bart. Coll. to form. Mat. Med., pt. IL., 21; 3d Ed. Lind. Nat Syst. Bot., 219. A diuretic—root and leaves used as a wash for sores and ulcers. It has been successfully administered in ascites, in acute rheumatism, and in various intermittent disorders, and is useful in a variety of cases of gravel, strangury and hematuria. ‘The Indians regarded it as of ihe efficacy—loc. cit, 14 A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §c. Chionanthus virginica, (Fringe tree.)—Ell. Bot., 6. An in- fusion of the root given in long standing intermittents. Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, (One-eyed daisy.)—Shec. Fl Carol., 394; Mer. & DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. IL, 271; Nouv. Jour. de Med., V., 208. Administered in leucorrhoea. Cicuta maculata, (Hemlock.)—Mer. & DeL. Diet. de Mat. Med., t. IL, 282; Big. Am. Med. Bot., I., 125; Schoepf. Mat. Med , 36—in op. cit.; Bart. Coll. to form. of Mat. Med., 18, 46; Stockbridge New Eng. Journ,, III., 334; Mitchell, Ely & Muh- lenberg Med. Repos., XVII, 303. This plant has repeatedly | occasioned the death of those mistaking it for others. Itisa narcotic poison, used as a substitute for conium. The vegetable acids, lemon juice and vinegar, neutralize its effects. Strong tea and coffee are the best antidotes for the stupor which follows its employment. Clematis crispa.—Mer. & DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. 11, 311; Shec. F'l. Carol., 418. A dangerous vegetable caustic, acting as a substitute for cantharides; also applied to rheumatie limbs, pa- ralysis and gout. See C. vitalba. Collinsonia scabra, (Rough-leaved collinsonia.)—Mer. & DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. II., 364. Possessed of properties analogous to the C. canadensis. Tonic astringent and diuretic; the latter, says Merat, has some reputation in dropsy of the ovaries, ca- tarrh, and inflammation of the bladder. (‘Catarrh de la vessie.”) Commelina communis.—-Mer. & DeL. Diet. de Mat. Med., t. IL. 372. Convulvulus panduratus, (Wild Potato vine.)—Barton’s Coll., pt. IT, 49; U. S. Disp., 269; Ell. Bot., L, 254; Mer. & DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. Il, 409; Coxe Am. Disp., 226; Lindley’s Nat. Syst. Bot., 231; Bart. Med. Bot., 1., 252. Used as a substi- tute for jalap. Diuretic. In the form of infusion, said to be very serviceable in calculous complaints. See the investigations of Dr. Harris. C. battatus.—See Shec. FI]. Carol., 434. Cornus florida, (Dog-wood.)—Eb. Mat. Med., 303; Chap. Therap. and Mat. Med, II., 438; Ell. Bot., I., 208; Dray. S8.C., 63; Bell’s Pract. Dict., 152; Pe. Mat. Med., II., 753; U.S. Dis., 277; Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 197; Am. Jour. Pharm., VIL, 114; Royle Mat. Med., 422; Ball. & Gar., 310; Mer. & DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. IV., 436; Big. Am. Med. Bot., II., 73; Shec. Fl. Carol., 449; Walker’s Inang. Dis. Phil., 1803; Bart. Coll. Mat. Med., 12; Thacher’s Disp., 203; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot., 49; Fr. Elems. Possessing properties very nearly allied to those of cin- chona. In intermittents, one of the most useful of our indige- nous plants ; generally given in conjunction with a few drops of laudanum. It has, also, some antiseptic powers. Cornus stricta.—Shec. Fl. Carol., 449. A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §*c. 15 Cretagus crus-galli.—Mer. & DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. il., 460. Cyrilla racemiflora.—E\\. Bot., I., 295. Used as a styptic, and applied to ulcers, where the indication is to cicatrize them. Cucurbita lagenaria, (Gourd, Calabash.)—Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 563; Le. Mat. Med., I., 379; Mer. & DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. I1.,492. An infusion in inflammation of the urinary passages, Cupressus distycha, (Cypress.)—Shee. Fl. Carol., 481. Cuscuta americana, (Love vine.)—Mer. & DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. IL, 527, in op. cit.; Flore Med. des Antilles, IL, 334; Shec. F. Carol., 485. Imparts a yellow dye to cloths. Said to be laxative and hydragogue. Datura stramonivm, (Jamestown weed, Thorn apple.)--Trous. et Pid. Traite de Therap. et de Mat. Med., t. L, 230; Jour. Univ. des Se. Med., t., 46, 227; Orfila Traite de Toxicol.; Ell. Bot., 276; Dray. 8S. C., 63; Edinb. Med. and Surg. Journ., VII. and VIIL, an. 1812; Trans. Med. Chirur. Soc. Edinb., I., 285; Ar- chives generales de Medecine, t. 14,373; Med. Chi. Trans. Lon- don, VIL. ann. 1806; Bell’s Pract. Dict., 434; Eb. Mat. Med., 11., 80; Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 438; Pe. Mat. Med., II., 309; Fr. Elems., 460; U. S. Dis., 688; Watson’s Prat. Physic, 197 ; DeCand. Phys. Veg., I., 354; Bayle. Bibl. Therap., t. II.; Big. Am. Med Bot., 1, 17; Woodv. Med. Bot., 197, 74; Traite de Chimie., VI., 319; Paris Pharm.; Barton’s Essay, Form. Mat. Med, 48; New Eng. Med. and Surg. Journ., 1V., 226; Med. _ Chirurg. Trans., VIL, 2; Ball. & Gar., 346; Cull. Mat. Med., Il , 281; Bergii Mat. Med., L, 122; Mer. & DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. II., 593; Bull. des Se. Med. Ferusac, XI., 197; Luden- stolpe “De Venenis,” 531, in Op. cit.; Sauvage’s Nosol., II., 430; Greding in Ludwig's “Adversaria,” I., 345; Murray App. Med., I:, 670; Fowler in Med. Com., V., 161; Adhelius cit. in Med. Com. Phil. Trans. Abr., VI., 53; Rush in Phil. Trans., L, 384; Schoepf. Mat. Med., 24; Wedinburg in Med. Comment, IIL, 18; Beverly’s Hist. Virg., 121 ; Med. and Phys. Jour., XX V. XXVI.; Cooper in Caldwell’s Theses, vol. 1; cit. in Big. Am. Med. Bot.; Shee. Fl. Carol., 497; New-York Med. Repos., IL, 27; Lind. Nat. Syst., 294. “Used in Batemsy, and mania without fever.” Lind. loc. cit-—A well known narcotic and antispasmodic, em- ployed in asthma, mania, epilepsy, chorea, tetanus, and palsy. Eberle states that the results of his trials with it in rheumatism were exceedingly flattering. He used itin cases of sciatica with “entire success ; also, not without benefit in dysmenorrhoea. An ointment made of the leaves affords relief when applied to pain- ful and irritable ulcers and hemorrhoidal tumours, Daucus carota.—Woodv. Med. Bot. Royle. M. Med., 401, Al6. Antiseptic and diuretic, applied in the form of a ca- A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §c. taplasm to ill conditioned ulcers, and in anasarcous swellings of lower extremities, in suppression of urine and painful micturi- tion. See also Eberle on “Diseases of Children,” p. 110. Daucus pusillus——Bell’s Pract. Dict., 162; Eb. Mat. Med. & Therap. II., 318. Seeds recommended as a diuretic in cases of gravel and suppression of urine. Diospyros virginiana, (Persimmon.)—U.S. Disp., 302; Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 135; Am. Journ. Med. &c. N.S., IV., 297; Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. IL, 657; Coxe’s Am. Disp., 259; Ann. Chim. de Montp. XXIV., 274; Shec. FI. Carol., 510; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot., 227. It imparts a black dye; an astringent and styptic, bark used in intermittent fevers, and asa gargle in ulcerated sore throats. ‘The unripe fruit has been em- ployed advantageously in diarrhoea, chronic dysentery, and uterine hemorrhage. Discopleura cappillacea, (Bishop weed.)—Shec. FI. Carol. 136. See Ammi Magus. Drosera rotundifolia, (Sun dew.)—Shec. FI. Carol , 519 ; Me. & De. Lens. Dict. De Mat. Med ,t. II.,690. Some of this gene- ra are acrid and corrosive. Echites difformis.—Me. & de Lens. Dict. de Mat, Med., t. IIf., 51. Used as a wash for freckles with milk; juice suffi- ciently caustic to destroy warts and scirrhous excrescences ; any portion of the plant will coagulate milk. Evvigeron canadense, (Colt’s tail.)—Matson’s Veg. Pract., 368; Royle’s Mat. Med., 447; U.S. Disp., 316; Me. & de Le. Dict., de Mat. Med., t. III., 140; Journ. de Bot. IV., 48; et. des Pharm. 214; Coxe. Am Disp., 268. -A stimulant, tonic, and diuretic, in high estimation among the steam practitioners as a remedy for dysentery, the herb steeped in hot water, and a tea cup full of the infusion given every two hours; when chewed it relieves cholera morbus. From the observations of Dr. De Puz, (quotéd in U. S. Disp.,) it has been found usefulin dropsical complaints and diarrhoea. F.. Pusillum.—v. 8. Disp. 316. E.. Philadelphicum.—Shec. F |. Carol., 5387 ; Royle Mat. Med., 447 ; Barton. 1, 234; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot., 253. A diuretic, in repute as a remedy in calculus, ar Nephritic diseases; it has been employed with advantage in dropsy, and by Dr. Wistar, is recommended in hydrothorax, complicated with gout. Eryngium aquaticum, (EK. Yuccifolium of some Bot, Button snake root.)—Barton’s Collections, Ell. Bot., 1,343; Fr. Elems., 280; U.S. Disp., 318; Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. IIL, 145; Coxe. Am. Disp., 268; Shec. FI. Carol. Art., “Button snake root,” 310, 545. The root when chewed, sensibly excites a flow of saliva; decoction is diaphoretic expectorant, and some- times emetic. Elliott says it is preferred by some physicians, A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §c. 17 to the Seneca snake root. Dr McBride introduced this into popu- lar practice in St. John’s, where it is used to some extent. Eupatorium perfoliatum, (Thoroughwort, Bone-set.)—Chap. Therap. [., 387, and IL, 435; El). Bot. LL, 303; Pe. Mat. Med., 389; Fr. Elems., 216; Eb. Mat. Med. IL, 216; Bell’s Pract. Dict. 197; Royle Mat. Med., 445; U. S. Disp., 319; Ed. & Vav., Mat. Med., 197; Big. Am. Med. Bot., 1, 34; Thacher’s Am. Disp., 217; Am. Med. Record. III., 331; Barton’s Essay to M. Med., 28; Ball. & Gar. M. Med. 315; Schoepf. M. Med., 121; Guthrie in Annal. Med. IIL, 403. Anderson’s Inaugural Thesis, Me. & de L. Dict., de Mat. Med., t. IIL, 177; Coxe’s Am. Disp., 271; Shee. Fl. Caro!., 549; Barton’s Med. Bot. IL, 133; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot., 253. Very extensively used among the negroes on the plantations as a tonic and febrifuge; it is emetic, sudorific and diaphoretic ; repeatedly prescribed with advantage in rheu- matism, dropsy, and in the influenza, which prevailed at the North, and which was described by Dr. Rush; from its action on the capillaries it has been recommended in chronic cutaneous affections, and has been found efficacious in typhoid, and in yel low fever. Eup. purpureum, (Purple Thoroughwort.)—U.S. Disp., 319; Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat, Med., t. IIL, 177 ; one of the popular remedies for calculus, Eup. verbenaefolium.—uv. 8. Disp., 320. Tonic, diaphoretic diuretic and aperient; see Dr. Jones’ experiments—a_ popular remedy in intermittents. Hup. rotundifolium.—Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. IIL, 177; Jour. Gen. de Med., XXX VI., III. See Dr. Michell’s Let- ter. lufusion said to be useful in consumption. Euphorbia carollata, (Wild Hippo.)—Bell’s Pract. Dict., 199; U.S. Disp., 321; Fr. Elems., 82; Am. Journ. Med. Sc. XI, 22; Big. Am. Med. Bot. IIL, 119; Royle Mat. Med., 542; Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat, Med., t. IIL, 179; Clayton Phil. Trans., Abr. VIL, 331; Zollickoffer Mat. Med., 1819; Cit. in Bart. loc. sup.; Coxe’s Am. Disp., 272; said to resemble in its effects the E. ipecacuanha—emetie diaphoretic and cathartic. ‘The contu- sed root, according to the experiments of Dr. Zollickoffer, will excite inflammation and vesication. Of the root in powder, 15 grains will produce emesis. “Combined with opium and the sulphate of potass, an excellent diaphoretic in dropsy.” Dr. Mc- Kean, says 12 grains of root has double the purgative power of an equal quantity of Jalap. See Dict. Mat. Med. Loc. cit. Euphorbia maculata.—Me. & de L. Dict., de Mat. Med. t. IIL, 184; Ainslie Mat. Ind. IL, 76. Juice employed with great efficacy in clearing the cornea of the spots and pellicles, (les pel- licules,) following small pox. Meérat says the ancients recom- ; 2° 18 A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, &c. mended the Euphorbiacez in diseases of the eye. Dict.de Mat. Med. Fagus sylvatica, (Beech.)— Shec. Fl. Carol., 559. Gelseminum sempervirens, (Jessamine.)— Ell. Bot. 312, Med. Note. Flowers and root are narcotic; a spirituous tincture of the root has been used successfully in Rheumatism. Gentiana ochroleuca.—Ell. Bot., 340. G. catesbeil, ‘Sampson’s Snake root.)—Bell’s Pract. Dict. 218 ; U.S. Disp., 348; Me. et de L. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. IIL, 361 ; Coxe’s Am. Disp., 304; Big. Am. Med. Bot. I, 1388; (Samp- son Snake Root,) an excellent bitter tonic used with decided advantage in pneumonia and dyspepsia. Dr. McBride found it very invigorating to the stomach. A popular remedy on the plantations. Geranium maculatum, (Crane’s Bill.)—Bell’s Pract. Dict., 218; Eb. Mat. Med. I., 382; Big. Am. Med. Bot. 1, 89. Thach- er’s Am. Disp., 224; U.S. Disp., 350; Royle Mat. Med., 573; Bart. Med. Bot. 1, 149; Pe. Mat. Med. and Therap. IL, 751; Am. Jour. Pharm. IV., 90; Jour. Phil. Coll. Pharm. I, 171; Eid. & Vav. Mat. Med., 135; Schoepf. Mat. Med. 107; Bart. Coll. 7; Cutler Mem. Amer. Acad. I., 469; Me. & de L- Dict. de Mat. Med., t, HL, 369; Coxe’s Am. Disp., 304; Jour. de Pharm. XIII., 287 ; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot., 137. A strong as- tringent adapted to passive hemorrhages, chronic diarrheea, and cholera infantum. [tis injected in cases of gleet and leucorr- hoea, and used as a wash for old ulcers. Bigelow speaks of it as a powerful astringent, and recommends it as a substitute for the imported and more expensive articles of that class. Guaphalium polycephalum, (Cat foot, Life everlasting.)— Matsons’ Veg. Pract., p. 275; U. S. Disp., 1258. “Probably possesses little medical virtue,” a popular remedy in hemorrhagic affection, and as a fomentation, in bruises and languid tumours. Infusion employed by steam practitioners in fever, influenza, fluor albus and consumption. Gosypium herbaceum, (Cotton.)—Pe. Mat. Med. II., 658; U. S. D. 357; Med. and Surg. Journ. XIIL, 215, An. 1828; Lon- don Med. Gazette, Nov. Sth, 1839; West. Journ. Med. & Surg. Aug., 1840; Royle’s Illustrations, 84, & Mat. Med. 288; Me, & De L. Dict. de M. Med. art. G. herbaceum, t. IIL., 409; Mare- graves Braz., 60; Dict. de Sc. Nat. XXXIV., 15. See Me. et de L. for references. Decoction of flowers used as an emollient in diseases of the urinary organs. In Brazil the leaves are em- ployed against the bite of scorpions and vipers, and, macerated in vinegar, are applied to the head in hemicrania. Dict. de Mat. Med. loc. eit. Gonolobus macrophyllus. Ell. Bot. IL, 328: Me. & de L, Dict. de Mat. Med. t. III, 409; Ann. du Museum, XIV., 464 ; A Medioo-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §-c. 19 Mérat says, “Cette apocyneé des états—unis passe pour fournir le suc avec lequel les sauvages de ce pays empoissonnent leurs fleches.” One of the substitutes for colocynth. Hamamelis virginica, (Witch hazle.)—Matson’s Veg. Pract. 201; U.S. Disp. 1258, App.; Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med, t. IIL, 452; Coxe’s Am. Disp 310. A sedative and discutient in painful tumours, derived from the Indians—decoction used as a wash in hemorrhoidal affections and ovthalmia. ‘The steam practitioners employ it as an injection in irritable hemorrhoids, and during the bearing down pains of women. Helonias dioica, (Common, Blazing star.)—Matson’s Veg, Practice, 218; Ell. Bot. L., 423 ; Lind. Nat. Syst. 348 ; De Cand & Duby, 473, An. 1828. Infusion anthelmintic. Tincture tonic. Prof. Ives recommends it as efficient in checking nausea and vomiting. The Indian women employed this plant in pre- venting abortion, and it is used by the steam practitioners for debility of digestive organs, in doses of 14 tea-spoonful of pow- der in warm water three times a day. It relieves coughs when chewed. H. crythrosperma, (ily poison.)—EIll. Bot. 421. A narcotic poison, employed in some families to destroy the house fly, Bulbs are triturated and mixed with molasses. The flies unless swept in the fire or otherwise destroyed, revive in the course of twenty-four hours.” ° Heuchera americana, (Alum root.)—Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot. 163 ; Bart. IL., 162 ; “powerful astringent.” oe moscheutos, (Marsh mallow.)—Bergii Mat. Med. IL, 9. Hopea tinetoria, Ell. Bot. Il, 177. Its leaves afford a yel- low dye. Humulus lupulus. Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 185; Chap. The- rap. & Mat, Med. I., 348, and II., 455. Eb. Mat. Med. IL, 55; U. S. Disp., 374; Big. Am. Med. Bot. IIL, 163; Freake Med. and Phys. Journ. XIII., 432; Thompson’s London Disp., 200; Bigshy’s Lond. Med. Repos. V. 97; Bryorly’s Inaug. Diss. Phi- lad. An. 1803. Ives in Silliman’s Journ. I1., 302; cit in Big. Hydrocotyle umbellata. Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t, ILL, 560. Rinpleiyed with great efficacy in Brazil against hypo- chondriacism. According to one author, the root is so valuable in diseases of the kidneys, as not to be replaced by any other medicines; emetic, diuretic, and vulnerary. I see no mention made of it in the English or American Mat. Meds. Hypericum sarothra, (Pine weed, Orange grass.)—(See saro- thra gentianoides of Mich.) Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. VL., 226; Journ. de Med. LXXX., 360. Employed as an ape- rient in inflammatory affections. Ilex cassena, (of Ell, See I. vomitoria of some authors, Cas. 20 A Medico- Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §. sena.)— Ell. IL., 680; U. S. Disp. 1263, App.; Me. & de Le. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. IIL, 591; see I. vom. A decoction from the leaves, called the Black drink, was employed by the Indians ; itis a mild emetic. The Dict. Mat. Med. says it is powerfully diuretic, used in calculus, nephritic diseases and gout. There may be some doubt about the identity of the plant. L. opaca. U.S. Disp. 1263, App. ‘Impatiens noli tangere. U. 8S. Disp, 1264. A dangerous plant possessed of acrid properties ; when taken internally it acts as an emetic, cathartic and diuretic. Indigophera caroliniana. Not inferior says Nuttal to the cultivated indigo. Ipomea nil, (Convolvulus of some botanists..—Me. & de L, Dict. de Mat. Med. t. IV., 409. Root employed as a purgative by the ancients. Tris versicolor, (Blue flag.)—U. 8S. Disp. 405; Coxe’s Am. Disp. 354; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot. 333; Big. Am. ‘Med. Bot. 155 ; Bartram’s Travels, 451; Cutler "Mem. Am. Acad. A05, 6, cit in Big. Ell. Bot. L, 45 ; Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. Ill., 659. Of decided diuretic powers, the base of a popular and ~valubable receipt for dropsy. See Fr. Elems., 279. Dr. Me- Bride held it in high estimation, and extended the use of it in St. John’s. It was one of the remedies derived from the Indians, Juniperus virginiana, (Cedar.)—Pe. Mat. Med. IL., 184; Fr. Elems. 195; U.S. Disp,, 413; Big. Am. Med, Bot. IIL, 49; Dict. de Mat. Med. t. IIL, 698; Michaux’s N. Amer. Sylvia. HL, 221; Am. Journ. Pharm. XIV., 235; Thacher’s Disp. 247 ; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot. 316, It exerts effects similar to those of savin, Leaves have been successfully employed as an emmena- gogue, and as a stimulant and diaphoretic in rheumatism. Big. lo¢:icit.. “Fhe cedar ae possesses anthelmintic properties. Kalmia latifolia, (Calico bush.)—Drayton’s View. 8, C. 69; U. S. Disp., 1269; Ell. Bot. I, 481; Big. Am, Med. Bot. L,, 133 ; Kalm’s Travels I, 335 3 Bart. Coll. to Mat. Med. i. 1S, 48 and I1., 26; Thacher’s Disp., 247 ; Thomas’ Inaugural Diss. cit. in Big. Lactuca elongata, (Wild lettuce.)—U. S. Disp., 421; Annu- aire de Therap. Au. 1843; Woodv. Med. Bot. 75, 31; see L virosa op. cit. Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. 1V., 10. Simi- lar in properties to L. virosa. Laurus benzoin, (Spice bush.)—Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot., 201; U. 8. Disp.;'1233 ; Batt., 295. Used in intermittent fever. A highly aromatic shrub. L. Sassafras, (Sassafras.)—Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 341; U. 8. Disp., 640; Dray. View. 8. C., 68; Bell’s Pract. Dic., 411; Eb. Mat, Med. II., 280; Royle Mat. Med., 518 ;. Pe; Mat. Med. & Therap, II. 253 « Cull, Mat. Med. IL., 200 and 579; Big. Am, A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §c. = 21 Med. Bot. II., 142; Murray’s App. IV., 535; Kalm’s Travels If. ; Hoffman’s Obs. Phys. Chem., 31; Clayton’s Phil. ‘Trans, VIIL, 332; Bremane “sassafrasologia” in 1627, cit in Big. ; Woodv. Med. Bot. “Diaphoretic and diuretic in rheumatism and cutaneous diseases.” The pith of the young branches, ac- cording to Eberle, contains a great deal of mucilage. “An ex- ceedingly good application in acute opthalmia, and no less use- ful as a demulcent in catarrhal and dysentericaffections.” Ali- bert speaks highly of it both in rheumatism and gout. Liatris scariosa. U. S. Disp. 1273, App. Employed in gonorrhea and as a gargle in sore throat, L. Spicata. U.S. Disp., 1272. One of the rattlesnake mas- ters, Dr. Barton, said that all the tuberous rooted species of lia- tris, were active plants. Loe. cit. L. Squarrosa. U.S. Disp. 1273 ; Journ. de Chimie Medicale V., 419; “y sont usitees contre la morsure des serpens.” Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. IV., 97. Liquidambar styraciflua, (Sweet gum.)—Pe. Mat. Med. & Therap. IL., 184; Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 303; U.S. Disp. 273; Journ. Phil. Coll. Pharm. VI., 190; Royle Mat. Med., 562 ; Ber- gii M. M. II., 798. : Liriodendron tulipifera, (‘Tulip tree.)\—Pe. Mat. Med. IL, 743; Eb. Mat. Med. 1., 308; U.S. Disp., 432; Rush in ‘Trans. Coll. Phy. Phil. An. 1798; Carey’s Am. Museum XII. ; Barton’s Essay form Mat. Med., 14; Thacher’s Disp.: Big. Am. Med. Bot. II., 107; Bart. Med. Bot. L., 92; Journ. Phil. Coll. Pharm. IIL., 5; Ball and Gar. Mat. Med. 190; Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. 1V,, 130; Annal de Chimie t. LX XX., 215; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot. Younger Michaux on Forrest trees N. Am. Clayton’s Phil. Trans. VIII, 332; Roger’s Inaug. Diss. 1802. One of the most valuable of the substitutes for Peruvian bark. It is tonic, diuretic and diaphoretic. It has been much recom- mended in chronic rheumatism and gout ; according to Thacher, acts with great advantage in the advanced stages of dysentery, and Dr. Young says that in all the Mat. Medica, he does not know of a more certain, speedy, and effectual remedy for hys- teria. Lobelia cardinalis, (Cardinal flower.)—U. S. Disp. 436; Ell. Bot. L., 268; Drayton’s View. S. C. 77; Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med t. IV., 137; De Candolle’s Essay, 189; Journ. de Pharm. IIL, 470; Bart. Med. Bot. IL, 180; Lind. Nat. Syst. 236. This plant was used by the Indians as an anthelmintic. Merat says it is employed as a poison by the negroes at the Cape of Good Hope. Lonicera sempervirens, (Wood-vine.—L. caprefolium of some Bot.) Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. IV., 143. Itis not 22 A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §c. much used in medicine, but the syrup from the leaves, is given in asthma, and as a gargle in angina tonsillaris. | Lycopus angustifolius, (L. uropeus of Eaton.)—(Water hore- hound.) U.S. Disp., 437; Ell. Bot., 25; Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. IL, 168; see L. Europ. & L. Virginicus, also Mat- son’s Veg, Practice, 250. Used by the vegetable practitioners in diarrheea, atonic conditions of the digestive organs, and as a cleansing wash fer sores. It has been highly spoken of, on the continent of Europe, in intermittent fevers. These plants should be experimented with more carefully. The L. Virginicus im- parts a black color to linen, wollen and silk. It has been used by some with great success in internal hemorrhage, (see the Dict. de Mat. Med. and U. S. Disp.,) and in phthisis it lessens the force of the circulation. Ludwigia alternifolia—Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. IV., 154. Mérat says that in America, a decoction of the root is employed as an unfailing emetic. Dict. de Mat. Med., Loc. cit. Magnolia glauca, (Bay.)—Pe. Mat. Med. II., 733; U. S. Disp., 442; Big. Am. Med. Bot. IL, 67; Bart. Med. Bot. 1. 77; Michaux N. Am. Sylvia II., 8; Royle Mat. Med., 248; Ball. & Gar., 189, Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. IV., 193; WKalm’s Travels, I., 205; Marshall Arbus, 83; Humphries Med. Com- ment. XVIII.: Bart. Essay to Mat. Med., 46; Price’s Inaug. Diss, Phil. 1812; Cit. in Big. Am. Med. Bot.; “bark of root an excellent tonic ;” Lind. Nat. System, Bot. 16, Berries are of considerable value in domestic practice for the cure of rheuma- tism. This tree is supposed by many to prevent the water of bays and galls, from generating Malaria. It certainly seems that the water is much clearer in which the Bay tree grows.* * In that old work on Herbs, (of which we have seen but one copy and that not dated,) entitled the ‘“English Physician, by Nick Culpepper, gent, student in Physic and Astrology ;”? we have met with a great deal concerning the em- ployment of herbs in medicine; but, from the absence of botanical terms it is impossible to ascertain in many cases what species are intended. In order to show the surprisingly superstitious credence, then placed upon the influence of Astrology, in determining the virtues of, and the times proper for gathering plants, and also the diversity of qualities attributed to them, we will extract a portion of what Culpepper says of the “Bay Tree,’ “government and virtues.” That it is a tree of the sun, and under the celestial sign, Leo, and resisteth witch- craft very potently, as also all the evils old Saturn can do to the body of man, and they are not a few; for it is the speech of one, and I am mistaken if it were not Mezaldus, that neither witch nor devil, thunder nor lightning, will hurt a man in the place where a Bay tree is. Galen said, that the leaves or bark do dry and heal very much, and the berries more than the leaves; the bark of the root is less sharp and hot, but more bitter, and hath some astriction withal, whereby it is effectual to break the stone, and good to open obstructions of the liver, spleen, and other inward parts, which bring the dropsy, jaundice, &c. ‘The ber- ries are very effectual against all poison of venomous creatures, and the sting of wasps and bees; as also against the pestilence and other infectious diseases, and therefore put into sundry treacles for the purpose. They likewise procure wo- men’s courses, and seven of them given to woman in sore travel of child-birth, A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §*c. 23 Mag. grandiflora.—U. 8. Disp., 442; Pe. Mat. Med. & The- rap. IL, 734; Am. Journ. Pharm. XIV., 95; Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med t. IV., 193. “In Mexico, the seeds are employed with success in paralysis.” Dict. de Mat. Med. Loe. cit. Marrubium vulgare.—Fid. & Vav. Mat. Med., 273; 'Trous. et. Pid. T'raité de Therap. 308; Watson's Pract. Physic., 332, and 118; Royle Mat. Med., 470; Pe. Mat. Med. IL, 284; Le. Mat. Med. IL., 89; Matson’s Veg. Pract.; U. 8. Disp. 452; Ball. & Gar. Mat Med., 358; Cull. M. Med. IL, 154. Bergii. Mat. Med. II., 558; Woodv. Med. Bot. Leaves tonic and laxative, in asthma, hysteria, and mevorrhagic diseases. Ed. & Vav., cite it as a remedy in catarrhs, peripneumonies and phthisis. Maranta arundinacia,—U.S. Disp., 449; Royle Mat. Med., 585; Bell’s Pract. Dict. 48. Maruta cotula, (see Anthemis of some Bots., Wild Chamo- mile.)—Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 263; U.S. Disp., 278; Bergii Mat. Med., t. 1, 741; Me. et de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. 1,741; Shec. Fl. Carol., 171. A substitute for chainomile, (and Mérat says for assafaetida,) given in numerous diseases ; one of our do- mestic remedies. Italso possesses a'iti-hysteric virtues, and is recommended in rebellious bilious fevers. Melia azedarach, (Pride of India.)—Mérat & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. IV., 290; U. S. Disp. 135; Ell. Bot. 475; Chap. Therap. I1., 70; Bell's Pract. Dict., 87; Royle Mat. Med., 308; Eb. Mat. Med., 207; Fr. Elems. pt. Ist. Archives Génerales de Méd., XVIL., 112; Lindley’s Nat. Syst. 102; an active vermi- fuge. Barton considered it our most active anthelmintic ; it is also a febrifuge, adapted to verminous fevers, where no worms are voided. ‘Thacher states that the pulp of the berry has been employed with success as an ointment in Tinea capitis. Mérat mentions well authenticated cases of poisoning from eating the berries in very large quantities ; Dict. de Mat. Med. loc. cit. do cause a speedy delivery, and expel the after-birth, and therefore not to be ta- ken by such as have not gone their time, lest they procure abortion or cause la- bor too soon. They wonderfully help all cold and rheumatic distillations from the brain, to the eyes, lungs, or other parts, and being made into’ an Electuary with honey, do A the consumption, old coughs, shortness of breath, and thin Rheums, as also the Megrim. They mightily expel the wind and provoke urines, help the mother and kill the worms The leaves also work the like ef- fects; a bath of the decoction of the leaves and berries, is singularly good four women to sit in, that are troubled with the mother, or the diseases thereof, or the Stoppings of their courses, or for the diseases of the bladder, pains in the bowels by wind, and stopping of urine; a decoction &c., settleth the palate of the mouth in its place. The oil made of the berries is very comfortable—all cold griefs of the joints, nerves, arteri.s, stomach, belly, or womb, and helpeth palsies, convul- sions, cramps, aches, tremblings, and numbness in any part, weariness also, and ao that come by soretraveling * * * * pains in the ears are also cured y dropping in some of the oil, or by Soe into the ears, the fume of the de- coction of the berries through a funnel. It takes away the marks of bruises; it helpeth also the itch, scabs and weals in the skin.” 24 A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, &c. Melothria pendula, (Creeping cucumber.)—Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. IV., 322; Journ. de Chimie Med. III., 498. Employed as a purgative, some say of avery drastic nature: Mentha tenius, (Am. spear mint.)—Matson’s Veg. Pract. 286. Said by Culpepper to be an aphrodisiac. “English physician,” 214; see magnolia glauca. loc. sup. Dr. Thompson says it isa specific in allaying vomiting and nausea. Mitchella repens, (Mitchella, partridge berry.)—Ell. Bot. Med. Note, 199. An infusion of the stems and leaves, used in dysu ry. Its diuretic powers are not great. Op. cit. Monurda punctata, (Dotted monarda. Origanum.) Chap. The- rap. II., 302; Ell. Bot. 30; U.S. Disp., 462; Am. Med. Record. I]., 496; Ball. & Gar. Mat. Med. 360; Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med.; a stimulant, carminative and highly aromatic plant. t. IV., 444; Bull. des sc. Med. de. Ferus. X1., 302; very aroma- tic. A popular emmenagogue. Chapman mentions a case of long standing deafness, cured by the oil poured into the ear. It is used in allaying nausea and vomiting, in bilious fever. See Dict. de Mat. Med. Morus alba, (White mulberry.)—Bell’s Pract. Dict. 319; U. S. Disp. 463. Bark a purgative vermifuge. Its properties are not very marked. ; M. rubra. U.S. Disp. 463. | Myrica cerifera, (Swamp Myrtle.)—HIll. Bot. I,, 678; Mat- son’s Veg. Pract. 198; U.S. Disp., 200; Pe. Mat. Med., 786; Big Am. Med. Bot., III, 32; Am. Journ. Med. Sci., II, 313; Bergii Mat. Medica II., 541; Nicholson’s Journ. IV., 187, 129; Kalm’s Travels 1, 129; Dana in Silliman’s Jour. 1; Thacher Disp., 288 ;. Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. IV., 531; De Candolle’s Essay, 272; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot., 180. The pow- dered root of this plant is used to some extent by the Vegetable practitioners as an astringent in scarlet fever, diarrhaa, dysente- ry, and as a valuable gargle in sore-throat. The powdered bark of root, according to Dr. Dana, proved powerfully sternutatory. From the berries a wax is obtained, which possibly may be made a source of profit. Nabalus (Prenanthes alba, E'll., (commonly called gall of the earth.)—Root excessively bitter; used in domestic practice as a tonic. Napeta cataria, (Catnip.)—Matson’s Veg. Pract., Ed. & Vav., Mat. Med., 276; U. S. Disp., 191; Le. Mat. Med. II, 130; Bergii Mat. Med. II., 540; Me & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. IV., 592. This is a stimulant tonic, employed, as a popular remedy in amenorrhea, chlorosis, hysteria, the flatulent colic of infants, &c. Leaves, if chewed, are said to relieve toothache. It is not spoken very highly of by the Dispensatory, said to be employed with succes in hydrophobia. A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §c. 25 Nymphea odorata, (White Pond Lily.)—Mat. Veg. Pract., 201; Thompson’s Steam Pract.; U.S. Disp:, 1280; Big. Am: Med. Bot., 132; Cutler’s Am. Trans. 1, 456; Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. [V., 643; Bull. des Sc. Med. de Férusac IL, 74. “An antiaphrodisiac” root possesses a high degree of astrin- gency, it is a popular remedy in-bowel complaints, and as an in- jection in gleet, fluor albus, &c. It also forms an excellent poul- tice for ulcers. Dr. Thompson employed this plant in the steam practice. Matson says it is useful as a gargle in sore-throats. Ocenothera biennis, (Scabish.)—U. 8. Disp., 1281; Journ. Phil. Coll. Pharm. LV., 292; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot.; “root eata- ble,” Lindley. Dr. Griffith found a decoction of service in erup- tive complaints, especially tetter ; loc. cit. Orchis flava, (Yellow orchis.)—Me. & de. L. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. V., 92. Au aphrodisiac mentioned by Culpepper “Eng- lish physician,” p. 236. Mérat says it has been so regarded in Arabia also. Dict. Loc. cit. ; species not well identified. Orobanch Americana.—U. 8. Disp., 1282. Thought to be serviceable in cancer! Opuntia (see Cactus of some Bot.) cactus, (Prickly pear.)— Me. & de L. Dict., de Mat. Med. t. 11.6; Shec. Fl. Carol, 319; see C. cochinellifer. Orontium aquaticum, (Golden club.)—Lind. Nat. Syst., 364. “Seeds are acrid, but become eatable by roasting.” Oralis violacea, (Wood sorrel.)-—U. 8. Disp., 12. Physalis pubescens.—Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. V., 296; Journal de Chim. Med. VIL, 210. It is supposed that the species bearing this name in Europe and America are different. The former is interesting. Phytolacca decandria, (Poke berry.)—U. 8. Disp., 537 ; Bell’s Pract. Dic., 355; Big. Am. Med. Bot. 1, 35; Bart. Med. Bot. IL., 213; Am. Jour. Pharm. XV., 169; Murray App. Med. LV., 335 ; Kalm’s Travels in N. Am. 1, 197; Graffenreid Mem. Berne IIL, 185 ; Schoepf M. Med., 71; Browne Hist. Jamaica, 232; Amo- en Acad. [V.; Miller’s Dict., art. Phyt., Sprogel Diss. cir. ven., 24; Beckman com. 1774, 9; Allioni Flor. Ped. I., 132; Frank- lin’s Works, L; Cutler Mem. Am. Acad. 1, 447; Rush 1, 259; Thacher’s Disp., 300; Shultz Inaug. Thesis; N. Am. Journ. VL; Journal de Med. de Corvisart Leroux, XVI., 137; An. de Chim. LXIL, 71; cit in Big.; Me. & de. L. Dict., de Mat. Med., V-, 298; Coxe Am. Disp., 456; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot., 210. The uses of this plant are well known; a remedy for chronic and syphilitic rheumatism—serviceable in il] conditioned ulcers, pul- verised root an emetic; according to De Candolle, a powerful rgative—a strong infusion has been found efficacious in piles. r. Wood recommends an ointment in psora and tinea capitis, and a + mimes of the berries in scrofula. 26 A Medico- Botanical Catalogue of Plants, &e. Pinus taeda.—Pe. II., 161; U.S. Disp., 709. P. palustris, (Long leaved pine.)—Pe. Mat. Med. II., 167 ; Bell’s Dict., 359; U. 8S. Disp., 709; Ball. & Gar. M. Med., 399; Royle Mat. Med. 564. 3 Plantago major, (Plantain.)—Le. Mat. Med. IL, 232; U.S. Disp., 1289, App.; Ed. & Vav.,; Mat. Med., 135; Bergii L., 71; Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. V.,358; Journ. Univ. des. Sc., Med. XIX., 127. A popular vulnerary, once in great re- pute, said to have proved useful in intermittents, and many other diseases. It is no doubt possessed of some value as a dressing for blisters, sores, &c. I have seen it growing in the streets of Charleston. P. lanceolata, (Rib-wort.)—Le. Mat. Med., II., 232. Podophyllum peltatum, (Wild Jalap.)—Pe. Mat. Med. IL, 749; Drayton’s View, 8. C., 73; Fr. Elems., 137; Royle Mat. Med., 573; Bell’s Pract. Dict., 373; Ell. Mat. Med., 1. 205 ; Ed. & Vav., Mat. Med. 1,514; U.S. Disp., 556; Big. Am. Med. Bot. IL, 34; Bart. Mat. Med. I, 9; Journ. Phil. Col. Pharm. TIL, 273; Med. Recorder, III., 332; Ball. & Gar., Mat. Med., 193; Schoeff M. M. 86; Chap. Mat. Med. & Therap., 209; Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. V., 207; Coxe Am. Disp., 478; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot., common in swamps, safe and active cathartic. Dr. McBride made great use of this plant during his practice in St. John’s; he said that it answered all the purposes of the offi- cinal Jalap. “It produces copious liquid discharges, with no griping.” It was employed by the Cherokees as an anthelmin- tic. A few drops poured into the ear are said to restore the pow- er of hearing. It has also been found to afford speedy relief in incontinence of urine. Polygala, polygama.—uU.S. Disp., 558. Polygonum, punctatum,(P. hydropiperoides of some Bot. Wa- ter pepper.)—Eb. Mat. Med. I., 441; U.S. Disp., 559; Ed. & Vav., Mat. Med., 128; Le. Mat. Med. II, 193; Ogier in S. Jour. Med. Pharm., 1846; Me. & de L. Dict., de Mat. Med. t. V., 433; see P. hydropiper, English physician, p. 21. In amenorrhea, Eberlie asserted that he employed it in 20 cases, and was never more successful—late experiments have confirmed this asser- tion. P. aviculare, (Knot grass.)—Me. & de L. Dict., de Mat. Med., t. V. 440; U.S. Disp., 558; Lind. Nat. Syst., 211; emetic and purgative—some say powerfully so. ‘This plant has at one time received considerable attention. It was said to- be very use- ful in Hernia, and in arresting the vomiting of blood and he- morrhage. It was regarded as an excellent vulnerary in mode- rating fluxes, diarrhoea, and dysentery. It should be experi- mented with ; see the Dict. de Mat. Med. Portulacca oleracea, (Purslane.)—Me. & de L. Dict., de Mat. A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §-c. 27 Med. t. V., 458. Antiscorbutic, diuretic, and anthelmintic. The Dispensatory does not give it the attention that it received in various parts of Europe. It is vaunted as an antidote for poison- ing from cantharides. See Dict., de Mat. Med., loc. cit. Prunella vulgaris, (Heal all.)—-Med. Dict. Parr. art., Brunel- la, Le. IL., 245; U.S. Disp., 1291; Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med. 276; Me. & de L. Dict., de Mat. Med.,t. V.,520. This plant, though possessing stimulant powers, has nevertheless fallen into disre- pute. It was used as an astringent in affections of the throat. Psoralea eglandulosa.—Me. & de. L. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. V.,528. “The P. glandulosa has been regarded as a powerful vermifuge and good stomachic, the decoction arrests the flow of blood, aud an infusion of the root produces vomiting.” Dict. de Mat. Med. Pterocaulon pycnostachyum, (Black root.)—El|. Bot. Med., note IL., 324. Used in domestic practice in St. John’s, as an alterative, the black root of the negroes. Quercus virens.—-U. 8. Disp., 581; Eb. Mat. Med L, 376. Q. falcata, (Spanish oak.)—Chap. Therap. IL, 493; U. S. Disp., 581; Bart. Essay to Mat. Med.; Alibert Nouv. Elemen. de Therap. I., 93; Phil. Med. Museum, vol. Il; Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. V., 580; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot., 170. An astringent wash for gangrene, a decoction administered with great success in dysentery, uterine and pulmonary hemorrhage, and in intermittent fever. In domestic practice, where an easily obtained and efficient astringent is required, it is of no little val- ue ; used to considerable extent on the plantations, Q. tinctoria, (Black Oak.)—Am. Med. Record. III, 363; Bart. Essay to Mat. Med. I1.; Edinb. Med. Journ. No. 72; Pe. Mat. Med. IL, 194; U.S. Disp., 581; Michaux N. Am. Sylvia, 1.,91; Journal de Pharm., et de Chim. V., 251; Royle Mat. Med., 559; Ball. & Gar., 396; Me. & de L. Dict, de Mat. Med. t. V.,590. In addition to the qualities possessed by the Q. fal- cata, this is purgative. They have both been efficacious in leu- corrhca, amenorrhoea, chronic hysteria, and diarrhea, rheuma- tism, pulmonary consumption, tabes mesenterica, cynanche ton- sillaris, and asthma. Mr. Lizars has used it “with wonderful success” in the cure of reducible hernia. Eberle loc. cit. Q. Alba.—U. S. Disp., 582; Royle Mat. Med., 659. Decoc- tion as a bath for children in marasmus, scrofula, &c. Rhus copallinum, (Sumach.)—Ell. Bot., 302; Ed. & Vav., Mat. Med., 136. A wash applied to ring worms; root used by Chipeway Indians, as an anti-venereal. The excrescences on leaves powdered, and made into an ointment for application in hemorrhoids. R. radicans, (Poison Joy.)—Eb. Mat. Med. II., 117; Dll. Bot. 363; Bell’s Pract. Dict., 453; Ann. de Chim. XXXV., 106; U. 28 A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §c. S. Disp., 717; Ed. & Vav., Mat. Med., 345; Pe. Mat. Med. II., 603; Alibert Klemens. de ‘Therap. t. I., 452; Big. Am. Med. Bot. III., 20; Du Fresnoi, quoted in Ann. of Med., IV., 182 & V., 483; Med. and Phys., Journ. I., 308, VI., 273, & X., 486; Trous. et Pid. Traité de Therap. t. I., 524; Journ. de Chim. Med. Juin., 1825; Duncan’s Disp., 294, Cit. in Big.; Me. & de L. Dict., de Mat. Med. t. VL, 78. It produces in those who come into its vicinity. an erysipelatous inflammation. The juice, which exudes on plucking the stem, makes a good indelible ink. The bruised leaves of the collinsonia canadensis, (which also grows in S. C.,) are employed for the eruptions caused by the emanations from the poisonous sumacs. A French writer testi- fies to the efficacy of this plant, in homoepathic doses, in all the diseases of the skin. See the Dict. de Mat. Med. R. veneuata.—Me. & de L, Dict., de Mat. Med., t. VI., 82; Dudley Phil. Trans. Abr. VI., 507; Sherard ditto, 508 ; Kalm’s Travels, I., 77; Marshall Arbusts, 130; Cutler Am. Acad. 427 ; Big. Am. Med. Bot. I., 86; Bart. Coll. 24; Thacher’s Disp., 321; Cit. in Big., see R. Vernix; Nouv. Journ. de Med. XV., 43. It causes the body of one who comes in contact with it, to swell enormously, some are even affected by breathing the atmosphere around it. R. toxicodendron, (Poison Ash.)—Trous. et. Pid., Traité de 'Pherap. t. L., 524; Bell’s Pract. Dict., 453; Eb. Mat. Med. II, 116; Pe Mat. Med. II, 603; Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 345; U. S. Disp., 718; Ball. & Gar., 241; Royle Mat. Med. 331; Ber- oii Mat. Med. I., 248; Me. et de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. VI, 78; Orfila Toxicologie gén. 1, 45; Ann. de Chim. XXXYV., 186; An. Journ. de Med. LXXX., 136. Stimulant and narco- tic in paralysis and herpes; of the former disease, 17 cases are reported by one physician to have been successfully treated by it. The verbena urticifolia, also growing in St. John’s, is an antidote for poisoning by this plant. Rubus villosus, (High black berry.)—Pe. Mat. Med. IL, 453; Ed. & Vav., Mat. Med., 134; Eb. Mat. Med. I., 386; U.S. Disp. 603-4; Royle Mat. Med., 374; Ball. & Gar., M. Med., 267; Big. Am. Med. Bot. IL, 160; Chap. Therap. Hi, 474; Thach- er’s Disp., 341; Lind. Nat. Sys., 144; Bart. II, 157. Used im cholera infantum. he “English physician,” (see Magnolia glauca) says of one of the genus rabus, “either the decoction or powder of the root being taken, is good to break or drive forth gravel, and the stone in the reins and kidneys.” - “The berries of the flowers are a powerful remedy against the poison of the most venomous serpents !!”. p. 48. i R. trivialis, (Creeping black berry.)—Watson’s Pract. Physic. 820; Pe. Mat. Med. IL.,543; U.S. Disp., 603 ; Royle Mat. Med. 375; Chap. on diseases of Abdom. and Thorac. Viscera, 279 ; A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §*c. 29 Brit. & For. Med. Rev., 31 Jan., 1845; Ball. & Gar., Mat. Med., 268. A decoction of root, said to bea safe, sure, and speedy cure for dysentery ; remedy derived from the Oneida Indians. Ruellia strepens. Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot. 285; Ainslie IL, 153, Rumex acetosella, (Field sorrel.)—Pe. Mat. Med., IL, 273; U. S. Dispen., 605; Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med. 536; Bergii Mat. Med, I., 300. “It may be administered with great advantage as an ar- ticle of diet in scorbutic complaints.” Disp. loc. cit. R. britanica. U.S. Disp., 606. R. crispus, (Dock.)—EI|. Bot., 414 ; Matson’s Veg. Pract. 299 ; U.S. Disp., 606. Root bruised with milk an external applica- tion for scabies, it unites a tonic aud astringent, with a laxative property, somewhat resembling rhubarb in its operation. Subbatia (chironia Lin) angularis, (Am. centaury.)—Ell. Bot. L., 385; Chap. Therap., 438 and IL, 417; U. S. Disp,, 611; Pe. Mat. Med. 11, 344; Royle Mat. Med., 475; Eb. Mat. Med. 1, 307 ; see chironia. Big. Am. Med. Bot. IIL, 147; Bart. Med. Bot. 1, 255; Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 176; B.S. Bart. Coll. to Mat. Med. 1, 15; Lind. Nat. Syst., 297. “Pure bitter with tonic aud stomachic.” Used in domestic practice in intermittent fever. Eberle says this is one of the most useful of our indigenous bit- ters. ‘his and the Liriodendron tulipefera, might be of great service to those who cannot employ more expensive articles. With the exception of a plant, which I have never seen flower- ing, and therefore cannot ascertain the name, the S. angularis possesses the most intensely bitter taste I ever noticed among our native herbs. ‘The one alluded to, bears a general resemblance to the vielaceae, and grows in rich shaded soils. Sagittaria sagittifolia, (Arrow-head.)—Me. et de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. VI, 153; Journ. Comp. des Sci. Med. XIX., 143. Said to have a fecula like arrow-root, (Maranta arundinacea.: Salex nigra, (Willow.)—Bell’s Pract. Dict., 403; U. S. Disp. 622. See Work of the younger Michaux. Ball. & Gar. Mat. Med., 337; Me. et de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. VI., 184. The willow yields us one of our best snbstitutes for Peruvian Bark. The 8S. alba seems to be held in more estimation than the S. ni- gra. ‘The former though introduced is common, and may possi- bly be included among several doubtful specimens which I have. The S. nigra is purgative and febrifuge in the form of decoction. Salvia Lyrata, (Cancer weed.)—E|\. Bot. 1, 31. “The fresh radical leaves of the plant, when bruised, and applied to warts, generally destroy them; continue the application for a day or two, and renew itevery twelve hours.” So also the leaves of the Hieracium gronovii. S. officinalis. Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 268; Me. et. de L. Dict. de Mat. — t. VIL, 191, &c, “English physician by Nick * 30 A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §c. Culpepper. Student in physic and astrology,” p.295. “Jupiter claims this and bids me tell you it is good for the liver and to breed blood” An aphrodisiac. ‘“Helpeth conception, and hin- ders miscarriage.” Sambucus canadensis, (Elder.)—Le. Mat. Med. 11, 325; U. S. Disp., 625 ; Dray. View. 8. C. 66; Bell’s Pract. Dict. 404; (art. S. nigra) Royle Mat. Med. 423; Cull. Mat. Med. 11, 534; Me. et de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. VI., 196; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot., 248. Leaves fetid, emetic, and adrastic purgative.” Lind. loc. cit. sup. Flowers are excitant and sudorific, used external- ly as a discutient ; the berries are diaphoretic and aperient, em- ployed as a remedy in rheumatic gouts and syphilitic affections ; the inner bark is a hydragogue carthartie and emetic, acting in dropsy, and as an alterative in various chronic diseases. The leaf-buds are also said to act as a violent purgative. Op. cit. Samolus valerandi, (Brook weed.)—Me. & de L. Diet. de Mat. Med. t. VL, 201; Journal Gen’l. de Med. LIL, 413. Lem- ery says it is anti-scorbutic, aperient and vulnerary. Sanguinaria canadensis, (Puecoon, blood-root.)—Drayton’s View S.C. 72; Bell’s Pract. Dict., 404; Eb. Mat. Med., 95; Lind. Nat. Syst Bot., 8; U.S. Disp., 627; Royle Mat. Med. 273 ; Pe. Mat. Med. II., 722; Am. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. York, IL, 250; New-York Med. Phys. Journ. 1, No. 2; London Med. Chirnr. Trans, Vol. 1, Barton’s Med. Bot., 1, 30; Am. Journ. Med. Sci. N. 8. 11, 506; Journ. Phil. Coll. Pharm. IIL, 95; Ball. & Gar. M. Med., 208; Big. Am. Med. Bot. 1, 75; Schoepf. Mat. Med. 85; Trans. Lond. Med. Soc. 1, 179 ; Barton’s Coll. & Mat. Med. 28; Cutler Mem. Am. Acad. 1, 455; Thacher’s Disp. 331; Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. VI., 208; Bull. des Sei. Med. Fer. VL, 71; Edinb. Med. Journ. VIL, 217; Shec. Fl. Carol. 153. Emetic and purgative in large doses; stimulant, diaphoretic and expectorant in small. Very efficacious in jaundice. E:xtensive- ly applied in domestic practice in St. John’s, Berkley. It is an acrid narcotic, causing vomiting, given in eatarrh, typhoid, pneu- monia, croup, rheumatism, &c. The Indians used the juice, which exudes from the root, as a red pigment. The stain ap- plied to the unbroken skin is not indelible. Merat says it is ser- viceable in gonorrhea, the bite of serpents, and in bilious fever ; he affirms that it has been employed with marked success in ar- resting the progress of phthisis and inflammatory rheumatism, and by Dr. Smith of Hanover, in destroying mucous polypi in the nose. Eberle in his work on the Diseases of Children, p. 97, says thag the powdered root is an excellent escarotic, in ulcera- tion of the umbilicus, &c. This plant is abundant around us, and should receive greater attention. Sarracenia, (Side saddle flower.)—Me. & de L. Dict. de Mat, A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, &c. 31 Med. t. VI., 226. Where Dr. McBride's diss. in the 12th vol. of Trans. Lin. Soc. is referred to. Saururus cernuus, (Lizard’s tail.)—Ell. Bot. 433. The fresh root, applied in the form of a poultice, as an emolient and diseu- tient to inflamed surfaces. Scirpus palustris, (Marsh club rush.)—Me. et de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. VI., 262. Said to be used in the manufacture of bonnets, medicinal also. See op. cit. Scutellaria integrifolia. U.S. Disp., 1294. S. lateriflora, (Mad-dog scull cap.)—U. S. Disp., 1294, App. ; Watson’s Pract. Physic, 386; Me. et de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. VI., 274; Bull. de la Facultié VII., 191; An. 1820, where Spalding’s report, concerring its anti-hydrophobic virtues, is re- ferred to. Youatt spoke in very favorable terms of this remedy, see Watson loc. cit. It enjoyed the reputation of being the only one for this disease. Sesamum indicum, (Bene.)—Coxe Am. Disp. art. sesamum orientale. Me. et de L. Dict. de Mat. Med. t. VI1.,334. ‘The se- same of the Anabasis, mentioned by Divscorides, Theophrastus, and others. Some prefer the oil of the seeds to the oleum ricini, In India it is regarded as emmenagogue, and a provocative of abortion. Coxe says it was very useful in a dysentery, which prevailed in 1803. See the Dict. de Mat. Med. Silene virginica. U.S. Disp. 1296, Ap.; Me. et de L. Diet. de Mat. Med. t. VI., 342; De Caudolle’s Essay, 94; Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot., 125. Decoction of root acts as an anthelmintie, Its vermifuge virtues should be examined into, Sisymbrium amphibinm, (Water radish.)—Me. et DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. VI., 365. Recommended for taenia by Didelot, and, in the old works, as an antiscorbutic. Merat says the root and young leaves are eatable in the spring. ‘This plant might also be noticed more particularly. Smilax-pseudo-china, (China briar.)—Ell. Bot., If., 700; U. §. Disp., 634; Per, Mat. Med., 133; DeCandolle Podrom., L., 351. Considerable use made of this plant, in domestic practice, in St. John’s; basis of diet drinks; one of our best substitutes for sarsaparilla. Dr, Frost (“Elements of Mat. Med.”) considers the S. herbacea, also, valuable as an alterative. Latter grows in rich shaded soils. S. tamnoides.—Mer. et DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. VI., 384. The root, says Merat, is also used in decoction, to purify the blood. Loc. cit. Solanum nigrum, (Deadly night-shade.)—-Trous, et Pid. Traite de Therap. et de Mat. Med., t. 1, 206; Eb. Mat. Med., IL, 89; U.S. Disp., 304; Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 343 ; Royle Mat, Med., 495; Pe. Mat. Med., II., 326; Le. Mat. Med., II., 272; Mer, et DeL. Dict. de Mat, Med., t, VI., 417; Journ. de Chim, 32 A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, &§c. Med., III, 541 and 422; Nouv. Journ, de Med., X., 67; Alibert Nouv. Elemens. de Therap. t. 1, 417. Eberle says this plant is “by far too much neglected.” The berries are an active narcotic poison, Itis used with great advantage in chronic ulcers of a calcerous nature, in scorbutic, herpetic and syphilitic eruptions. The Dict. de Mat. Med. notices its effects in visceral obstructions and in catarrh of the bladder, (le catarrhe vésical.) SS. caroliniense, (Horse nettle.)—Me. et DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. VL, 410. Recommended by Valentin, in tetanus, (non traumatique.) ‘They did not have it in sufficient quantities to repeat the experiment; with us, it is abundant. It possesses some reputation among the negroes as an aphrodisiac. Solidago sempervirens.—Mer. et DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. VI., 436. Sonchus oleraceus.—Mer. et Del. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. VL, A439. Emollient. Spergula arvensis.—Mer. et Del. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. VI., 497. “Cows which feed on it give milk in larger quantities and of a richer quality.” Loe. cit. Spigelia marilandica, (Pink root.)—Eb. Mat. Med., 214; Ell. Bot., 237; Fr. Elems., 187; Le. Mat. Med., IL, 377; Big. Am. Med. Bot., IL, 142; Home Chim. Exper., 420; Murray App. Med., I, 548; Royle Mat. Med., 469; Thompson Inaug. Diss. Feneulla Journ. de Pharm., [X., 197; Griff. Phil. Jour. Pharm., App. 1833; cit. in Big.; Chalmers on Weather and Dis. of So. Carolina, I., 67; Garden’s Essay Phys. and Liter., III., 145, and Lining, vol. 1I., 386; Ess. and Obs., Phys. and Lit.; Bell’s Pract. Dict., 433; Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 595; Pe. Mat. Med., IL, 344; U.S. Disp., 680; Ball. & Gar. Mat, Med., 334; Bergui Mat. Med., t. I., 96; Me. et Del. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. VL., 502; Coxe Am. Disp., 128 and 558; Bull. des Sc. Med. de Ferus., XI, 301; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot., 299; Bart. Am. Med. Bot., IL, 80. Abundent in rich spots, margin of roads, &c.; well known as an anthelmintic, cathartic and narcotic. Of vary great use on the plantations in St. John’s, as a vermifuge. ; Styllingia sylvatica, (Queen’s delight.)—U. S. Disp., 687; Frost. in So. Journ. Med. and Pharm., Oct., 1846. A valuable ingredient in the composition of diet drinks. Adds to the efficacy of sarsaparilla. Used in St. John’s, in the treatment of syphilis, and as an alterative in scrofula and cutaneous diseases generally. A very acrid milk exudes in great abundance from the brnised surface. Those living in the country, where it is very abundant, should ascertain the virtues of this plant with greater certainty. It is worthy of an examination. S. sebifera.—Me. et. Delu. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. I1., 476; see Croton sebif. of Mich. An ointment made from this is applied in nocturnal fevers, The Chinese, according to Thunberg, em- A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §§c. 33 ploy the concreted oil extracted from the plant in manufacturing candles. Taraxacum densleonis, (see Leontodon of some Bot.; Dande- lion.) —Watson’s Pract. Physic., 39; Bell’s Pract. Dict., 445; Royle Mat. Med., 453; Pe. Mat. Med., II., 401; Ed. & Vav. M. Med., 184; U. S. Disp., 706; Wilson Philip Dis. of Abdom. Viscera ; Le. Mat. Med, IL, 396; Brande Dict. Mat. Med. and Pharm., 632; Woodv. Med. Bot., 39, t. 16; DeCandolle Podro., VIL, 45; Ball. & Gar., 319; Bergii Mat. Med., II., 687; Me. et DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. IV., 87; English Physician, by N. Culpepper, Student in Physic and Astrology, p. 109. “Jaundice and hypochondriacal affections.” Aperient and diuretic in hepa- titis and dropsy. See Woody. Med. Bot. It is spoken highly of in chronic affections of the liver, and used to some extent in the composition of diet drinks. Eberle recommends it in chronic cases of infantile jaundice, (“Diseases of Children.”) The young branches and shoots may be eaten as a salad. Tillandsia usneoides, (Common moss.)—Mer. et DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. VL, 743; Journ. de Pharmacien, II1., 185. Sto- machic, purgative, and even diuretic ; employed in hemorrhoids. Loc. cit. We see no notice of it in the Am. Dispensatories. Trifolium repens.—Ell. Bot., IL. 201. T. reflecum.—aAffects very sensibly the salivary glands. Trillium sessile.—Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot., 348. “Roots gene- rally violently emetic.” Tripterella cerulea, (Blue tripterella.)—Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot., 331; Nuttall in Act., Phila., 7, 23. Typha latifolia, (Cat tail.)—Me. et DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. VI., 795; Journ. de Chim. Med., IV., 179; Journ. de Pharm., XI., 564. This plant has received a very extended notice in the work cited. The root is eaten as a salad; a jelly is also ex- tracted from it. Aublet assures us it is good in gonorrhea and chronic dysentery. The bark has been employed in the fabrica- tion of hats, and with cotton, in making gloves, and some have recommended it in manufacturing china paper; see the Dict. de Mat. Med. loc. cit. We would call attention to it. Ulmus americana.—Mer. et DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. VL, 799; Phil. Med. Museum, II.; Coxe Am. Disp., 611. It is pro- bable he refers to the Ulmus fulva, (Slippery Elm,) which grows in the upper part of South-Carolina. I have seen it in Fairfield District. Vaccinium arboreum, (Farcle berry.)—Ell. Bot., L., 496. Bark of root very astringent; used in the form of decoction, for chro- nic dysentery and diarrhea. Loc. cit. Verbascam thapsus, (Mullein.)—Pe. Mat. Med., IT., 295; U. S. Disp., 735; Watson’s Pract. Phys., 202; Royle Mat. Med., 493; Le. Mat. Med., II., 446; Journ. de Chim. Med.,t. IL, 223; 34 A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §c. Home. Clin. Exp. and Hist.; Bergii Mat. Med., 1,118; Me. et DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. VI., 864 ; Bull. des Sc. Med. de Fe- rus., XVI, 341. Leaves demulcent and anodyne emollient ; infusion administered on the continent of Europe, in catarrhs, and decoction in diarrhea, Among the poorer classes it is much employed as a dressing for sores. Merat states that it is effica- cious in colicks, ardor urine, and, a watery distillation of the flowers, in erysipelas. V. blattaria.—Me. et DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. VIL, 863. Verbena urticifolia, (Nettle-leaf vervain.)—U. 8S. Disp., 1304. An antidote for poisoning by the rhus toxicodendron. Vernonia angustifoliu.—Root used by negroes as a remedy for the bite of serpents. Vicia sativa.—Me. et DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. VI., 893. Viscum verticillatum, (Misletoe.)—Le. Mat. Med., II., 456 ; Me. et DeL. Dict. de Mat. Med., t. VI., 866; Journ. de Med., LXX., 529; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot., 50; Eberle “Diseases of Children,” p. 522. In infantile epilepsy, &c. Viola cucullata. —Le. Mat. Med., I., 223. A decoction given to children in eruptive diseases. Loc. cit. j V. tricolor.—Le. Mat. Med., II., 453; U.S. Disp., 743; 'Trous. et Pid. Traitede Therap. et de M. Med., t. IL, 15; U.S. Dis., 748. V. palmatta.—Ell. Bot.,300. Very mucilaginous ; employed by negroes in making soup; commonly called wild okra. Bruised leaves used as an emolient application. Xanthium strumarium, (Burr, Burdock.)—Me. et DeL. Dict: de Mat. Med., t. VI., 970; Diascoride’s Lib., IV., 133. It has been administered in scrofula; properties not accurately ascer- tained. Fern: Osmunda regalis.—Lindley’s Nat. Syst. Bot., 400. ‘Has been employed successfully, in doses of three drachms, in the rickets.” Op. cit. A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §c. 35 CATALOGUE Of Phanogamous Plants and Ferns, native, naturalized, and exotic ; col- lected in the Parish of St. John’s, Berkley, South-Carolina ; Lat. 81 10; Long. 33, 15. Lands lying between the waters of Cooper and San- tee Rivers, forty miles from the ocean ; twenty feet above tide level, em- bracing a growth of Oak, Hickory, Swamp and River Trees. . Plants marked thus (§) are not described, under the names given in this Catalogue, in Elliott’s Sketch. For other references see May Number, in introduction to first part of Catalogue. Acalypha virginica, jLinn. (July. || Alium striatum, bor-)Pursh. |May. in wet corn fields. : der of roads. Acer rubrum,swamps|Linn. Feb. mutabile,* Mx Ma and rich soils. cepa, (Ex.) In. July saccharinum,* (Mx. Mar. sativa, (Ex.) July. Acerates longifolia, (Ell. Sk. July. porrum, (Ex.) July. along ditches. fragrans, (Ex) t Achillea millefolia, Linn. July. ||t Alnus serrulata, Ait. Ap. rich cultivated soils. sare pine land tAchyranthes repens,|Ell. My.O ays. common on mar- Alopecurus genicula-/Linn. (July. gin of roads. tus, in rice fields. tAcorus calamus, Linn. /|Ap Amaranthushybridus, Linn, July. in morasses—roots spinosus,|Linn. j|Aug. immersed. in old settlements. Achnida, Fid Gry hoidus, Acmella, (see Spilan- rich cultivated soils. Linn. (July. thes.) ¢ Amaryllis atamasco, |E]. S. Li. May. repens, wet swampy land. damp soils. Amelan- ( canad- tAesculus pavia, (rich\Linn. (May. chier ensis, oak land.) Aronia ) va. bot- |T. & Gy./Mch. t+ Agave virginica, in |Linn. /|Aug. Ell. Sk. (ryassium Wasamasa—near arbutifolia. Black Oak. t Ambrosia, { artemisi-'T. & Gy.;Aug. + Agrimonia eupatoria,|Linn. (Aug. aefolia v. oak lands. parviflora, |S. & Gy. panicu- |Ell. Sk. snaveoleus Ell. Sk. |Aug. { lata, side of roads. pastures. Agrostis (juncea see |Mx. July. || Ammania pumilis, |Mich. (Sept. vilfa.) wet Soils. indica, pastes. AmmiseeDiscopleura, trichopodes, |Ell. Sept. || Amorpha futicosa, ({Linn. (May. clandestina, |Ml. Cat./Sept. border of roads. Aira obtusata, EIL May. herbacea, W.T&G July. pine land. pubescens /E)l. Sk. pallens, Ampelopsis quin- |Mich. July. mollis, quefolia, t Aletris aurea, Walt uly. Cissus hederacea, {Ell. Sk. old fields, border of roads and farinosa, Linn, une. along fences. pas tures. Amphicarpa monoica,|Ell. Sk. |Aug 36 A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, &c. Amsonia latifolia, Ph. Apl. wet spots. Amygdalus persica, Ex. Anagallis arvensis, |Ph. sandy soils. Andromeda ligustrina|Muhl. mariana, oak and pine land. paniculata, Ell. SE. racemosa, | around ponds.| nitida, damp pine bays. arborea,* |Linn. frondosa ? Andropogon scoparius| Mx. nutans, dry soils. eiliatus, |Ell. dry pine barrens. argentens, (Ell. Oct dry soils. ternarius, |Mx. pine barrens. ambiguus, |Mx. dissitiflorus,/ Ell. Sk. livirginicus, furcatum, vaginatus, macrourus, tetrastaehys, Anemone virginiana, |Linn. rich shaded soils.| lt caroliniana,) Walt. Goshen Avenue. Anethum foeniculum, Angelica (see Arch- angelica,) Antenaria (Gnapha- lium of Ell. Sk.) Plantaginifolia, Eat. Mn.|May G. plantagin- (Ell. Sk. Walt. Sept July eS dense, Linaria, old fields. Anthemis, (see Maru- ta.) Apios tuberosa, Cooper River. Apium petroselinum, Ex. t Apocynum ( cannabi-/Eat, Mn.\June } num, 4 pubes- (Ell. Sk. cens, pastures. eum. Antirrhinum cana-|L. & W. July | In Ell. Sk. a synonyme of Linn. under a dissitiflorus. | Elliott says, “This beautiful and fragrant plant has pro Mx. March +t Arachis hypogaea, t Aralia spinosa, rich swamp land. jLinn. L. July Aug Archangelica hirsu-|T. & Gy.|July ta, Angelica triquinata,|Ell. Sk. t rich oak lands. lueida, (Upper St. John’s,) edible, very aro-e T. &Gy!June matic.) | § Archemora rigida, Sept Sium, Ell. Sk. Arenariaserpyllifolia,,Linn. (July (glabra, see Stellaria.) tArgemone mexicana,|Linn. July around buildings. Aristida strieta, Mx. Sept | sandy soils. . gracilis, Ell. Oct lanosa, Mahl. |Oct t Aristolochiaserpenta-|Linn. (May ria, | rich swamp land. | Arnica nudicaulis, (Mx. Marck | Arum triphyllum, jL. May i rich spots. | walteri, . \|May near Cooper River. \ dracontium, May | rare,rieh swamp land | old avenue, between | Ophir and Whitehall | Ph ( Arandinaria macro-|Ell. Sk. |April i | sperma, | | Arundo gigantea &| Walt. 4 tecta, | | Miegia macrosper-|Eat. Mn. | | ma va. gigantea, + Asarum canadense, |L. May rich swamp land. lt arifolium, |Mx. April | swamps. | Asclepias obtusifolia, |Mx- June | periplocaefolia,, Nutt. (July | laurifolia, Ell. Sk. | variegata, : May rich soils. parviflora, Ell. Sk. July | eonnivens, t verticillata, Mx. July t tuberosa, W. Aug pine land. paupercula, Ell. Sk, rare—near Pineville, Clarke’s road; very beautiful crimson. bably escaped the notice of all our Bot- anists, except Walter, its habitation in this country is very limited.””? Vol. IL.,53. I found it im the Avenue, at Goshen Plantation. —— a eo a i ht ee et ee ee? ee ca A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Planis, §c. angustifolia, {Ell June amplexicaulis, Mx May sandy soils. Ascyrum crux-andrae|W July hypericoides,| Ell Sk Stans, T & Gry ry pine lands. amplexicaule? Ma Aug + Asparagus officinalis,.Linn |May grows wild on banks of Cooper river. Aster, (see Sericocar- pus.) concolor, dry soils. patens, undulatus, undulatus, diversifolius, cordifolius, oak lands. squarrosus, earolinianus, |Wr on Santee canal, and El Sk M)Oct Nov Oct dry soils. multiflorus, pine land. versicolor, rich wet soils. scaber ? $Baldwinii, aniculatus, umosus, novae-angliae, §miser, Aulaxanthus ciliatus, pine barrens. rufus, damp soils. Azalea nudiflora, rich shaded spots. viscosa, damp pine land. +Baccharis halimifolia|L ct old fields, + Baptisia tinctoria, oak lands. alba, near Santee river. + Berberis : ground. Beta vulgaris, Ex. Betula § rubra, nigra, Santee river swamps. a ee OO eee a 37 May Sept Zizyphus, swamps. Ell Sk edens, Mx chrysanthemoides, frondosa, bipinnata, damp pastures. i Bigelovia nudata, } Berchemia volubilis| Linn July T & Gry Chrysocoma, Ell Sk ignonia radicans, jL cuitivated soils. | o> ey L | crucigera, |Walt Bletia aphylia, Nutt rich soils. §Brachyelytrum erec- tum, Brassica rassa, Ex. oleracea, Ex. Pursh submersed Santee ca- nal. | Boltonia diffusa, Ell rich soils. glastifolia, asteroides, por 40 (see Pyrrhypappus.)} |. » Brickellia erie Fr. Rev. C. Wallace, C. river. Briza eragrostis, Me. Bromus secalinus,* |W Buchnera elongata, Fed Gry Bunus sempervirens, va. suffruticosa, Ex. Bumelia lycioides, (EU very rare—tree on Sarrazin Pl. Cacalia atriplicifolia, |Linn lanceolata, |N rare—in Horsehead, near Pineville. Cactus, (see Opuntia) Callicarpa americana, Mx uly rich soils, Callitriche fetes Ww Oct July Sept June hetero- jEll Sk phylla, damp soils mre submersed. Calycanthus floridus, ;Mx sweet scented shrub; our most aromatic plant. I have seen it growing wildin Fair- field District. , April 38 Campanula amplexi-;Mx April caulis, cultivated soils. Capsicum annuum, Ex. Cardamine ( hirsuta, |T&G } pensyl- |Ell Sk vanica, pastures. Sludoviciana,|T & G.H spathulata ? Carex stipata, Muhl crinita, Lam anceps, Muhl Janiflora, glaucescens, {Ell gigantea, Rudge rosea, §stellulata, muhlenbergii, ; comosa, Boot fulcata, . Ell Sk | §venusta, Dewey | Sblanda, Dewey | Selliottii, Sintumescens, |Rudge | triceps, Mx lupulina, granularis, | multiflora, | §staminea, + ( Caprifolium semp- May | ervirens, | Lonicera, Eat M + ( Capsella bursa-pas-/Eat M |May | toris, | Thlaspi, E}] Sk Carpephorus, T&G | Liatris, in part Ell Sk tomentosus, May L. Walteri,|Ell Sk damp pine land. Carya tomentosa, Nutt May rich land. amara, Mx April | olivaeformis, “W May | (Pecannut, )one seen in Ward swamp. + Cassia chamaecrista,|L July nictitans, L July t occidentalis, L +Castanea pumila, © |W June dry soils. +Catalpa cordifolia, Ell May rich soils near build- ings, ornamental.) __ §Cauculus carolinus, |Fid Gy t+ Celtis occidentalis, May margin of streams. + Ceanothus americana|L July dry pine land. | Ceresia fluitans, A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, &c. intermedius,{Ell Sk habitat the same, Cenchrus echinatus, |L +t Centaurea, (see Cni- iana, ae Ell Sk Centunculus lanceola-|Mx tus, rare—near the old re- sidence of Walter, the author of “Flora Caroliniana.” + Cephalanthus occiden|L talis, wet soils—along pine land bays. § Ceratophyllum ame- ricanum 2 Cerastium viscosum, |L cultivated soils. vulgatum, |T& TG hirsutum, |Ell Sk |May pastures of rich culti- vated soils. cus, Centrosema virgin-|T & @ May July May Cerasus, ( serotina, |TF & Gry|April t Prunus \ virgi-|El] Sk in part ( niana, : earoliniana, |T &G@ |April ; P. carolianus,|Ell Sk planted as an orna- mental tree—wild or- ange. umbellata, ; P. umbellatu Cercis canadensis very ornamental,edge of swamps. T & s,/ElLS ti Apuil March G k Oct swamps p. and rice fields. : Chaptalia integrifolia,|Mx rank pine barrens. +t Chelone glabra, edge of pine land bays. ¢ Chenopodium album,|L around buildings. anthelminticum,|L old buildings. + Chemaphila maculata|/Pursh rich swamps. + Chionanthus virgini-|Mx ca, swamps, very or- namental. Chloris petrea, + Chrysanthemum leu- canthemum, rich soils. June Oct T July April Fid Gry E; July Clematis cylindrica, |\T & Gry| edge of swamps. itd A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §c. 39 Chrysocoma, (seeBig-/Mx sagittifolius,\Mich jAug elovia, rice fields on Back Chrysogonum virgini-|W April | river. anum, ) tenellus, uly Chrysopsis mariana, Nutt (Oct | dry pineandoak land pine land. ) aquaticus, (Walter |Sept graminifolia, Nutt Oct | damp pine land, pastures, | t battatus Ex, trichophylla, |Nutt Sept || Conyza(see Pluchea,) gossepina, (Mx Oct | Sambigua, |FdGDC dry pine and. | Coreopsis § dichotoma|Mx Sept argentea, Persoon |Oct | gladiata, | 4, &ESk pine land. || wet spots in pine land. Chaerophilum procum-|Fed Gry lanceolata va..T & G bens, | villosa. ¢ Cicuta maculata, L July | crassifolia, (EllSk (|Oct inundated lJand. | auriculata, (T&G Claytonia virginica,* |L April auriculata va. EJ] Sk |Aug Cooper river. ! diversifolia, delphinifolia, Lam verticillata, (Ell Sk LJuly Clethra tomentosa, LK July pine land. damp pine land, mitis, Mx Aug Clitoria mariana, |L Ell Sk|\Aug angustifolia, dry pine Jand. integrifolia, |T &G Centrosema in part T&G semleri, Ell Sk Cnicus benedictus, T&G j|Aug | §aurea va. lessto- Centaurea, pastures El] Sk ) phylla, Cirsium ( maticum T&G July | {Cornus florida, L va! | rich oak land. Cnicus }\ C. glaber Ell Sk / stricta, L’Herit May Ell. Sk. 1 } asperifolia, |Mx horridulam|T & G? Coronopus (see Lene- va. elliottii, briera, oak and pine land. Corylus americana, |Walt April repandum, generally rare—but Virginianum, abundant near Som- ~ Cochlearia armoracea erton plantation, Ex. Nat. Cranichis multiflora, |Ell Oct Collinsonia punctata, |Ell Sept very rich soils, rare. rich soils. Crataegus § aestivalis T&G verticillata, Bald ; elliptica, Ell Sk seabra, |Ph Aug very damp spots— Commelina virginica, L July roots generally sub- communis, Pursh (|Aug mersed. pine land. parrifolia, L May erecta va. AL crus galli, (|L May Conoclinum coeles-'T & G damp woods. tinu apiifolia, Mx Ap Eupatorium, Ell Sk coccinea va. |T &G " Convallaria biflora, Wr populifolia, Polygonatum, Ell Sk populifolia, (Ell Sk |April rich swamp land. rifolia, June racemosa, acs swamp land smilacina race-|Ell Sk aborescens ? |Ell mosa, | lucida, Ell ¢ Convolvulus pandur-/Mx July || Crotallaria sagittalis, Mx Aug atus, dry pine land. oak and pine land. ovalis, Ph July purpureus, |Wr Aug Croton glandulosum, cultivated soils. 4* Se 40 A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §e. Cucurbita lagenaria, |W nat. cultivated spots. Oct \ Decumaria ( barbara,/L&T&G\July* sarmen-|E]] Sk pepo, Kx. |W tosa, citrullus, Ex.)W Desmodium nudi- |T &G Cumumis melo, Ex, |W florum, sativus Ex. |W Hedzsarum, Ell Sk + Cupressus disticha, |L Feb shaded soils. roots submersed, i- laevigatum, Jul undated land. ciliare, Fid Gry + Cascuta americana,}l |L Aug acuminatum, wet soils. llineatum ! {Mx Cyamus see Nelum- very rare. bium. cavescens, |T&G Cymbidium pulchel-/Sw Aug ioe ee EM Sk July: jum, fields. Calopogon, Ell Sk cuspidatum, |T&G |Sept va. graminifolia,|Eat M |Aug I have seen one with aoc dae hart Ell Sk §pauciflorum,|Fid Gry white corolla near paniculatum, July: Pinopolis. rhombifolium, Sept Cynthia ( virginiea/T & G! |May | glabellum, . July ‘Kregia < amplexi-|EH Sk shady soils. in part caule, ) marylandica,|T &G Cynodon dactylon, [P Aug obtusum, EN Sk jAug §Cynna arundinacea,/Fid Gry | Strictum, July Cynoglossum amplex-|Mx June pine land. icaule, rotundifohum,) ~*~ July Cypens flavescens, ([L [Aug dry rich soils. virens, June || Dichondra carolinien-|Mx June. wet soils. | sis” yy mariscoides, |Ell. Sept wet soils, generally flavicomus, (Mx ‘Sept submersed. §gateri, Fid Tor | Dichromena leucoce-/Mx Aug strigosus, phala, §microdontus, | latifolia, hydra, fields. Mx Aug | Digitaria sanguinalis,/Scop vegetus, Vaht. July serotina, |Mx in ponds. ; villosa? /Ell Sk gracilis, Muhl. filiformus, speciosus, Pursh Oct paspaloides,,Mx Aug ditches. $clabra, enslenii, Ph July Dilatris tinetoria, |Ph July margin of ponds. Sr achennnines Ell Sk Cyrilla racemifiora, |L July Diodia tetragona, Walt jAug border of pine land pine land and damp bays. soils. Cynara scolymus, teres, Wr Aug Ex. Nat. ? spermacoce| Eli Sk Danthonia glumosa,|Mx July - diodina, Avena, Ell Sk hirsuta, Pursh jAug Datura stramonium, |L July dry soils pine tands. around buildings. t Diospyros virginiana,|L May Daucus carota, L May damp soils, pusilus, Mx ‘Diptopappus linari-'T &G folius, Aster in part of Ell Sk | Only one Cascuta is described in Ell,Sk. There is a specimen collected in St. John’s, which bears a strong resemblance to the C, compacta! sent from elsewhere to Mr. H. W. Ravenel; it is not uncommon. ' || Elliott remarks: “If no error has crept into the description of Michaux, this plant has not re- cently been seen by any of our Botanists.’’? It grows in the upper portion of the Parish, (IJ, W. R?) and was also collected by the Rev. C. Wallace, near Cordesville. al A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §c. T&G! |Aug Eriocaulon gnapha- {Mx cea, DC. loides, Ammi, E}].) A.ma-|Wr damp pine lands. Sk. gus, villosum, (Mx oscorea villosa, L Ell Sk June flavidulum, Mx quatemata,|/M ElSkJune_ |'+ Eryngium aquaticum, L Draba caroliniana, (Walt (April ine land é sandy soils. virginianum,|El} Sk Dracocephalum varie-Vent (|Aug Mulberry Castle, C. um, river; roots general- damp —- land ly submersed, roots generally su m ¢ Drosera rotundifolia, |L May ine land. plakenetii, E}l Sk virgatum, L&T&G)Ang ovalifolium, |E)l Sk damp pine land. Aug longifolia, (L July || Erythrina herbacea, July rare—seen near Pi- rich shaded woods, nopolis, edge of Bay. Lower St. John’s. é Dolichium spathace-Rd July || ( Erysimum amphi-|Eat M um, | bium, + Echites difformis, Walt (April | ( Lisymbrium, El Sk |May rare, rich soils, climb- | Euchroma coccinea, |W June ing. | damp pine land near Eclipta § erecta, L&T&G | Horse-head, St. Ste- procumbens,/Eli Sk June | phens. Elephantopus caroli-/W Aug | Enonymus americana, L May nianus, | rich damp soils,along rich swamp lands. streams, tomentosus,|T & G |Aug || Eupatorium § hyssopi-|L Oct nudicaulis, [EI Sk |Aug || — foliam, damp soils. ine land. ; / linearifolium, Wr Oct Eleusine indica, Mx July cult. spots. rich cultivated spots.| | album, L July cruciata, EMlSk , July glaucescens, mucronata, |Ell Sk | verbenaefolium, Mx Sept filiformis, {Muhl Ct | } teucrifolium, Ww Elodia virginica, Nutt | rotundifolium, L Aug petiolata, Wr ceanothifolium,| W Sept ymus virginicus, (L July | rich shaded soils. ytraria virgata, Mx June “| purpureum, |L Sept swamps generally in- | rich shaded spots. undated. t perfoliatum, |L Sept Ereanthus alopecu- /Ell damp places. roides, . coelestinum, contortus, [Bald (Oct (see Conoclinum.) Strictus, (Bald Aug aromaticum, |L Oct Erigeron bellidifolium, W July rich soils. dry soils. foeniculaceum, L Oct quercifolium, (T&G |May cultivated soils. ; philadelphicum,|E}l Sk coronopifolium,| Ell Oct sandy soils. road sides, doug fen- strigosum, L July ces, canadense, L July pinnatifidom, Ell Sept dry cultivated soils. cultivated spots. t pusilum, Nutt parviflorum, {Ell Sept dry soils. ageratoides, |Fid Gry |Noyv vernum, T&G i pine lands. nudicaule, Ell Sk (June incarnatum, |Wr Na¥ low grounds. rich soils. Eriocalis§ tuberculosa Scapitata, 42 maculatum, )L wet soils roots often immersed. truncatum, |W t Euphorbia corollata, |W pine barrens. t maculata, /|Ell Sk depressa, Ell Sk cult. soils. gracilis, Ell hypericifolia, |Fid Gry putentissima, |Fid Gry {Fagus sylvatica, va. americana, (|L rich swamps. Fedia radiata, Mx rich cultivated soils. Festuca myurus, 3 Fimbristylis spadicea, Baldwiniana, Scirpus sulcatus,|Ell Sk Fothergilla alnifolia, |W pine land near Pino- ; polis, Franinus acuminata, |L rich swamps, Fer- guson’s, epiptera,* river Swamp, Santee, Fragaria virginiana, vesca, Ex. §Fissularia discolor, Fuirena squarrosa, wet spots. Galactia glabella, shaded soils. mollis, pilosa, dry soils. sessiflora, Galium trifidum, L damp soils. pilosum, ut dry shady soils. uniflorum, (Mx | Ward swamp. Gaura angustifolia, |Mx dry pine barrens. {Gelseminum semper-|Juss virens, ¢Gentiana ochroleuca, rich soils, along ditches. catesbaei, + Geranium maculatum carolinianum,|L dry soils. Gerardia flava, rich shady soils. Mx Mx Mx Nutt Walt Torrey July glauca, Eat M jJuly guercifolia, |Ell Sk |July pedicularia, |L Sept July pine barrens. Sept purpurea, (iL Aug damp pine Jand. Sept tenuifolia, {L Aug July dry soils. . Setacea, Pursh |Sept July damp soils margin of swamps. aphylla, Nutt July fasciculata, |Ell Sept March|| rich soils, roots often immersed. April linifolia, Nutt Geum virginianum, |L July June || Gleditschia triacan- |L May thos, old pastures. ; June || Glycine (see Rhynco- sia,) §Glyceria fluitans, |Fid Gry Gnaphalium, (see An- April tennaria. ) purpureum, (iL May yards and pastures. May iit polycephalum,|Mx- July dry pastures. Gonolobus ( hirsutus, |Mx July carolini- |E]] Sk ensis, May rich soils. macrophyllus,|Mx July Gordonia lasianthus, July crawl branch, near Pineville. June /||+ Gossypium herbace- um, (Ex.) va. A&B, July Gratiola acuminata, |Walt July quadridentata,|Mx July . along ditches. pilosa, Mx July sphaerocarpa? 8Gymnopogon race- |Fid Gry June mosa, Gymnosytles (see So- May liva. Habenaria (Orchis of July Ell. Sk. in part.) : ciliaris, July April damp sails. blephariglottis, |W Aug Oct damp pine land. cristata, Mx July margin of swamps. elliottii, Darby June psycodes, ) July i O. lacera, Ell Sk quingueseta, |M T&G July repens, Nutt {Aug A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §c. A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §+c. Halesia tetraptera, very ornamental—- Upper St. John’s, Santee river, garden at Woodlawn plan- tation. t Hamamelis virginica, |], Tich land margin o Hedyotis Bote T&G Ww ditches. Houstonia Ell. Sk. va. minor, Houstonia patens, yards, wet pastures. Ell Sk Helenium autumnale, |, Heterotheca, Chrysop- Sis in part. scabra, near Charleston, H. W.R. +t Hibiscus mascheutos, L April Sept margin of rivulets— inundated land, roots immersed. April virginicus, |L rice field, banks Coo- per river, roots often immersed. esculentus Ex. Hieracium {arian L March purpurea, April rotundifolia, Mx um, Hedysarum (see Des- dry pine barrens. modium.) t Hopea tinctoria, L Helianthemum caroli-/ W &ESk Aug rich oak and hickory nianum. land, Ward swamp. canadense, Hordeum$§ pratense, Helianthus atroreu- |W Aug vulgare, Ex. bens, Houstonia, (see Hed- rich cultivated soils. zotis, trachelifolius, Ww Aug jt Humuluslupulus, (L aristatus, Hydrangea nivea, Mx sparsifolius, St. John’s, Elliott. Strumosus va. an- t Hydrocotyle umbella-|L gustifaliius, ta, wet soils general- angustifolius ! L Sept ly immersed. Strymosus vy. mollis,|T &G@ interrupta, |W mollis, gigantens ? scaberrimus, hispidulus? . anus, Ex. tuberosus, Ex. Nat. Heliopsis laevis, Helenium quadriden- tatum, Heliotropium indicum|M Pers Ex. t Hepatica trilo Eutaw battle Gesoha. Herpestes amplexi- caulis, roots submer- sed ponds. micrantha, Ell Sk Heuchera americana, Lower St. John’s. W &ESk border of ditches and inundated land. repanda, pine land ponds. Hydropeltis, Brasse- nia of Ell. Sk. July purpurea, immers- ed in stagnant water. Hydrolea quadrival- July vis, border of rivu- lets and ditches. Mx Wr corymbosa, |Macb May very rare, St. Ste- phen’s, Horsehead immersed. Hypericum prolificum W 43 May June July July June Aug une maculatum, |T&G W July July i mutilam, parvifloram, |MxEI]Sk wet pine land swamps. angulosum, |L wet pine land barrens. See T. ( cystifolium, |Lam uly & G. } opacum, p. 673, | rosmarinefo- t {Sarath } noides, dry pastures. A4 A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §c. nudiflorum, \Mx margin of swamps and inundated land. pilosum, Ww. pos) M M Aug wet pine barrens. fasciculatum, . galioides? |L Hyptis radiata, L wet pastures. Hypoxis erecta, L rich swamps. { Ilex opoca, Ait rich wooded lands. cassina, Walt pine land ponds, roots often immersed. myrtifolia, |Walt prinoides, |A damp pine barrens. Impatiens ( pallida, |Nutt noli tan- |EllSk gere, wet soils. fulva, N.T &G\July ; biflora, Ell Sk t Indigophera caroli-|Walt niana, damp pine land. { Isolepis capillaria, |T &G Scirpus, Ell Sk Isnardia, (see Ludwi- gia. t Ipomea nil, dry cultivated soils. coccinea, cultivated land, corn fields. trichocarpa, lacunosa, {iris versicolor, L a white variety seen near Big Camp, San- tee canal, often sub- mersed. tripetala,* Walt habitat. confined to St. John’s. verna, Itea virginica, L edge of rivulets. [atropha stimulosa, |Mx dry pine barrens. Juglans nigra, old pastures. Juncus biflorus, Ell Aug Aug Mx Walt Mx L bufonius, tenuis, W marshes. bulbosus, Eat M ) ichece Ell Sk campestris,* j|Ell Sk setaceus, aristatus, Ell Sk acuminatus, effusus, Walt often immersed. echinatus, Muhl polycephalus, repens, Justicia humilis, wet inundated lands. ensiformis,* } pedunculosa, Vah].|Eat M Juniperus virginiana. |}Wm Jussiaea decurrens|||/T & G : Ludwigia, moist situations. + Kalmia latifolia, in gardens. Kocleria§ truncata, | Gray §pensylvanica,|F Gray Kregia, caroliniana,|Nutt- va. lessto- phylla, dandelion.* Kuhnia ( eupatoroides va. gracilis critonia, oak lands. Killingia pumila, Mx near ponds. maculata. {Mx + Lactuca elongata, rich soils, along ditches. graminifolia,|Mx sativa, Ex. Lamium ampleni- caule, rich cultivated soils. Lathirus pusilus, Cooper river, Elliott. sativus, Ex. Laurus caroliniensis, |Mx pine land bays, roots frequently immersed, benzoin, old fields. very aromatic. geniculata, ponds, roots often Ell | Dr. Cartwright, of Natchez, remarks that the Jussiaea grandiflora neutralizes the influence of malaria in the lower portion of Louisiana—a section which is exempt from its effects, and where there is, apparently, every element for its abundant production. pended by the American editor to Watson’s Practice of Physic. He is quoted in the notes ap- The Faculty may notice that this plant is abundant around Charleston, for the space of ten miles, in situations where it is well known that fevers of malarious origin are continually prevailing. A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, &. immersed. t sassafras, L April | Leechia ( major, Mx Aug villosa, Ell Sk ) pastures. minor, Wr Leersia virginica, (W July damp spo oryzoides, (Swartz (Aug inundated lands. Shexandra? (|F Gray t Leontodon, (see Ta- raxacum.) Lepidium virginicum,|L June cultivated soils. § Leptochloa filiformis, F Gray Leptopoda fimbriata/Eat Man pubes- (Ell Sk cens, § brachypoda, |’ Gray helenium, (Nutt {decarrens McB ry rich soils. Lepuropetalon spath- ulatum. Lespedeza (stuvei, T&G va. l violacea, Ell Sk procumbens, ‘Mx road sides. violacea va. sessi--T & G liflora tar Ell Sk hirta, dry soils, E)|| T &G capitata va. 3, T&G angustifolia, Ell Sk Leatris, (see Carpe- phorus, squarrosa, |W damp pine land. scariosa, Ww cylindracea ? elegans, rich oak land. peniculata, odoratissima, t pine lands. carolinianum, Mx flat pine | rbum, Walt (cult.) April July / i Limnetis glabra, Spartina, Lindernia attenuata, ditches. | Linum virginianum, |L pine land. ? usitatissimum, Ex. t Liquidambar styraci- flua, rich dam soils [t Liteseneae tulipe- fera, swamps. t Lobelia cardinalis, | inundated swamps, roots often immersed. kalmii. puberula, wet soils. | | | often immersed. glandulosa, flat pine land. §Nuttalii! it Lonicera, (see Capri- folium. J Ludwigia, (see Jus- siaea.) alternifolia, T&G July pilosa, roots |Ell Sk | | L swamps. | | often immersed in t July virgata, hirtella, pine land ponds. pilosa, ere damp, clayey soils, ditches. capitata, roots|Mx often immersed in pine land ponds. livearis, natans, WT&G EN Sk |July Aug immersed, Simpson’s Basin. cylindrica sphaerocarpa palustris, Eaton}Ell and others, | microcarpa, old field) Fid Gry just below Monk’s Corner. Lupinus perennis, dry oak lands. villosus, L Lycopus europeus, |EatM j|July L angustifo- |Ell lius, damp cultivat. ‘soils. | Elliott has this as a synonyme of Mx. under L. alternifolia. 46 virginicus, |L Lyonia§ paniculata, |Fd GDC Lysimachia ciliata, |Ell Sk rich swamps. quadriflora, |Sims July rice fields. quadrifolia, |L June pine land—near Pi- nopolis.| | Lythrum virgatum, |W _ lanciolatum, |EISk = |July rich swamp land. MacBridea pulchra, |El! July near Dr. Barker’s place, Lr. St. John’s. Mitreola petiolata, |T&G |Aug Ophiorhiza lanceo-|Ell Sk lata, sessilifolia, |T & Gi Aug O. mitreola, |Ell Sk wet soils, meadows. +t Magnolia glauca, L June pine land galls, roots frequently immersed. grandiflora,|L July rare rich oak woods. Malva, (see Modiola. ) Malanis ophioglas- |Muhl soides. _ Manisurus granularis,|L Sept pastures. + Maranta arundinacea,| Wild cultivated. Mariscus retrofractus,| Ell July cult. land. echinatus, |EIl July cult. land, cylindricus, |Ell “|July Marshallia angustifo-;|Mx Aug lia, damp flat pine land, near Pinopolis. + § Marata cotula, T&G |june Seentlients Ell Sk border of roads. + Marrubium vulgare, |L May Nat. Medicago lupulina, |L May border of roads. Melananthera pastata,|M Aug edge of ditches. + Melia azedarack, |L May Melica § glabra, Mx June speciosa, |Eat M Melilotus § vulgaris, Eat M (June } officinalis, Ell Sk +Melothria pendula, |L Aug rich shaded soils.| Menispermum cana- |Fid Gry|July dense. t Mentha ; tenuis, Mx veridis, Walt June — A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, &§c. Micranthemum orbi-|Mx cwatum, shallow wa- ter immersed. Mikania pubescens, rich soils, along fen- ces. Mimulus alatus, i; pine land. {Mitchella repens, L rich shaded soils. Modiola Vi caro T &G! Aug Mahl, = |July July May M Malvain 2 M. caro-|Ell Sk p. ElLSk. ¢ liniana, around buildings. Mollugo verticillata, | Walt TMonarda punctata, (iL rich high lands. Monocera aromatica,|Ell Montropa uniflora, {L, growing from roots in July July Jun Aug pine land roads. TMorus alba, Ex. Nat.|I, T rubra, L: tMpyrica cerifera, i edge of swamps. caroliniensis, |W cultivated soils. Myriophilum hetero-|Mx phyllum, immersed in pine land ponds. scabratum, |Mx Muhlenbergia diffusa,|Ell damp soils. Mulgedium acumi-|DC May April April Aug June July natum, Sonchus, | Narcissus jonquilla, Ex. } Negundo aceroides,|T & G@ Ell Sk G |April Acer negundo, Ell Sk on Causeway, at Ophir plantation. oan luteum, |. | ¢Cyamus Intens, Ell Sk immersed in deep ponds. July _ Neotlia tortilis, wet soils, pine lands. cernua, ip | wet places. §gracilis, damp soils. tNepeta cataria, near buildings. | Nuphar advena, on Santee canal,near Mexico P]. immersed {Nymphaea odorata, | deep ponds, immer- . sed. July Sept Fid Gry Ph Aug Pursh |May A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §c. April April Nyssa multiflora, Walt damp soils. uniflora, Walt ponds, base immers- ed, an aquatic tree. aquatica, = a pone roots gene- covered by wa- ter. Nabalus, (Prenanthes ot El. Sk. in part.) fraseri, Sept t P. alba, Ell Sk virgatus, P. virgata, |Ell Sk pine land. Nasturtium tanace- tifolium, t May June Sisymbrium’ walteri/Ell Sk Mx L nothera biennis, June pastures, ; sinuata, dry pastures. linearis, Ell Sk dry situations, fruticosa, (W grandiflora? Ph Olea americana, Walt rare in Fergusson & Warwick swamps, very ornamental. sep) eT hispi- dum, mF pine barrens. Ophiorhiza, rela) Mit- Opustia = garis, t ¢ Cactus opuntia, dry pastures. Orchis, (see Habena- ria.) July July April une Oryza sativa, Ex. Nat. Ostrya virginica, t Oxalis violacea, border of roads, cul tivated spots. stricta, num, Cooper river. Panicum crusgalli, 5 | | : | walteri, Ell Sk histellum, M& ESk gibbum, Ell Sk wet soils, | geniculatum, MbEISk’ rice fields. anceps, ditch’s MxE]Sk hians, Ell Sk latifoliam, Ell Sk pauciflorum, Ell Sk scabriusculum, Ell Sk debile, Ell Sk . capillare, macrocarpon, | Lc virgatum, agrostoides, nervosum, EISkMx viscidum, Ell Sk villosum, Ell Sk barbulatum, MxEI\Sk rice fields. nitidum, angustifolium, Ell Sk See T & Gray’s Bot. Vol. 1, p. 670. Paspalum ciliatifo- lium, cult. grounds. floridanum, praecox, ditches. purpurascens, |E]l Sk damp situations. distichum, L wet soils, rice fields. Passiflora incarnata, |W ae sandy fields. utea, L cultivated soils, not common, corn fields. Pedicalaria canaden- sis, Swamp, near So- merset PI. ,_ glau- Mx Mx Walt May June L June Eat Man Ell Sk cum, Panicum, va. l. Penthorum sedoides, |L swamps and inunda- ted land, often im- mersed. Penstemon laeviga- |L tum, damp soils pine land bays, rare. pubescens, rare, near Pinopolis, an upper country spe- cies. Petalostemon corym-|Mx Aug June L July Aug 47 - 48 Phaseolus perennis ? Lower St. John’s. helvolus, T&G strophostyles pe-|Ell Sk duncularis, Phalaris americana, /Ell river swamp. Philadelphus grandi- flora, planted as an orna- mental shrub. Phleum pratense, L cult. - Phlox maculata, L rich soils. aristata, Mx setacea ! L Upper St. John’s. nitida, Ph rich soils. paniculata ? one of Elliott’s upper country species. pilosa, Mx cultivated spots. Phryma leptostachya,|Mx rich shaded soils, So- merset Swamp. Phyllan- ( obovatus, |Eat M thus, < carolinien-|Kl] Sk sis, Physalis, ( viscosa, |L obscura, |Mx t pubescens,| W cultivated ground. angulata ? + Phytolacca decandra,|T, around buildings. Pinguicula elatior, damp flat pine lands, Horsehead, St. Ste- Mx phen’s. lutea, Walt flat pine lands. ;} Pinus palustris, i. dry sandy soils. t taeda, damp, moderately fertile soils. inops, variabilis, serotina, wet soils. Pisum sativum, Ex. + Plantago major, damp cultivated soils, grows in Charleston. Mx Pursh \ Elliott has evidently not alluded to this plant. I find two species, one growing in yards and cultivated soils, allied to the P. Virginica, the other seen in morassat Mulberry Castle, C. river The latter is p:obably the same with one from this locality, which I understand Prof. Gray has determined to be a P. Kamscatchkia! not heretofore seen in the Uni- and resembling P. Major. ted States. A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, &§c. July June May June May June June Aug Sept May July May +Podophyllum pella- /L Pursh Mx Lk t lanceolata, low wet soils. virginica, - dry pastures. interrupta, wet pine barrens, and on the plantations in Savannahs. lpusilla 4 Sarrazin Pl. cultiva- ted spot. Platanus occidentalis,|L damp soils, rich en- closures. ; Pluchea bifrons, |T&G Conyza, damp pine|/Ell Sk land meadows. camphorata, pine land damp spots. Poa annua, quinquefida, : eapillaris, reptans, ambigua, pungens, } autumnalis, §nervata, viridis, §compressa, hirsuta, pectinacea, eragrostis, L conferta, refracta, damp pine barrens. Nutt tum, rich shaded lands, abundané in Fergnu- son’s swamp. Pogonia ophroglas- .soides, divaricata, around ponds in pine land. Polygala incarnata, |L verticillata, rare. uf polygama, lutea, damp soils. eruciata, grows i upper coun- try, also damp pine _ barrens.} Nutt Nutt Wr Ei ee yw Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §-c. setacea Mx near Bell’s Pl. Bac river, rare. cymosa, corym- ramosa, Ell Sk Ell Nutt bosa, cymosa|Wr grandiflora, pubescens, |Ell Sk Polygonatum, (see Conyallaria,) tPolygonum aviculare, dry pastures. lapathifolium, |Eat M incarnatum, jEll Sk ponds and ditches, usually immersed. sw ropiper, ditches pe margin of streams, often i ae se attenuata ( corym- mite, ditches and _ ponds, often immersed. virginianum, |L rich wooded land. pensylvanicum, L wet spots, often im- -mersed. ipersicaria orientale, Ex. Sagiflatum, hirsutum, in ponds, immersed frequently. arifolium, Rice fields, Cooper river. fagop Ex. cult. Polymnia uvedalia, |L pastures. Polypremum procum-|L bens, July Aug May Aug 49 Porcelia triloba, |WEatM)April Orchidocarpum, (Mx ° Ward swamp. t Portulacea oleracea, |Walt (June rich soils arouud buildings. / pilosa, introd. | Potamogeton hetero-|L May | phyllum, || standing water im- mersed. | gramineum, |Mx July ) pancifloram, |Ell Sk | Poten- ( canadensis v. | tilla, simplex. P.simplex. |Ell Sk t+ Prenanthes, (see Na- balus, §Prilocarya ‘thyncos- Fid Tor poroides, Prinos glaber, L. damp pine land. ambiguus,* |Mx coreaceus? /|Ph / margin of bays. || Proserpinaca palustris, L | ditches, swamp, near | Bunkerhill Pl. im- mersed. pectinata, immersed pine land | ponds. + Prunella vulgaris, L along fences. Prunus, (see Cerasus) } hiemalis, T&G LK } hiemalis, Ell Sk margin of swamps. chicasa, Mx around buildings and old settlements. domestica va. Ju- liana, Ex. t Psoralea eglandulosa,)|EIl damp fertile soils. *+ Pterocaulon pycnos-|Mx tachyum, abundant in pine barrens. Pycnanthemum inca-|Mx num, rich lands, linifolium, |Ph damp pine lands, aristatum, Mx verticillatum, |Mx Pyrus, oye Ell.|/T &G rtly.) anguatiile, rich lands. tin Ed). Sk. a synonyme of Walt. under P. punctatum. 50 A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, &c. : ( arbutifolia, T & G! |March parviflorus, (T&GLn 3 va. erithrocarpa, eres Ell Sk |May | A. arbutifolia, muricatus, j|T & GL (va. tomentosa! jEIl Sk carolinianus, |D C May rich damp soils, or- often immersed. namental. hispidus, Mx June communis, shaded soils. Ex. cult. Raphanus sativus, malus, Ex. cult. Ex. cult Rhexia virginica, L July cydonia, pine land. Ex. cult. mariana, July Pyrrhypappus caro-'T & G pine lands. liniana, ciliosa, Mx July Borkhausia, Ell Sk damp pine barrens. meadows and yards. glabella, Punica granatum, Ex. margin of bays. Quercus phellus, IL May lutea, Walt jAug edge of swamps. lanceolata, |W T&G triloba, May angustifolia, |Ell Sk aquatica, Walt |May /+Rhus copalliriava.A.;Walt |June in swamps, roots | edge of roads. sometimes immersed. + venenata, E]l Sk nigra, May } vernix, barren pine land. t toxicodendron,|Ell Sk LiMay tinctoria, Bart pine barrens. rich soils. + radicans, Ell Sk L\May rubra, May rich swamps. valuable timber tree, Rhyncosia tomento-/T &G /June high lands. sa, catesbaei, Mx May || ¢ Glycine, Ell Sk dry soils. pine barrens.| obtusiloba, |Mx | . molissima ? alba, L May va. monophylla,|T &G |Jun margin of swamps, G. symplicifolia,) WEN Sk one of our best tim- dry soils. ber trees. va. volubilis, (T&G prinos, G. volubilis, damp soils. va. erecta, WT &G pumila, Walt G.tomentosa, |EILSk |July dry pine barrens.| | dry soils. + virens, Aiton | Rosa parviflora, June old fields. dry soils. cinerea, Mx i lucida, swamps.|Ell May laurifolia, Mx April | cetigera? border of swamps— | carolina, L June Sea-islands, : swamps. lyrata, Walt = |April laevigata, Mx May michauxii, |Nutt rich soils, excellent swamps. for hedges. falcata, Mx May /||Rhyncos- § glomerata, nana? Wild pora, } capitellata,|Ell Sk Ranunculus pusilus, |Pursh |May capitellata, damp marshy spots. sparsa, ursh recurvatus, April §miliacea, repens, cymosa, July fie Ell Sk wet soils often im- often immersed. ; mersed. palmatus, [Ell Sk April gee EN Sk July wet spots. laxa, Vahl rice fields. A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, &c. 51 Sciliata, lancifolia, |L May rariflora, {Ell May marshes, frequent) §paniculata, immersed. inenfransa, |Pursh June ||f Salix nigra, L May §microcarpa, damp soils along plumosa, /Ell July | streams ine land. babylonica Scephalantha,|Fid Gry at, Ricinus communis, - {Salvia lyrata, L June rich spots near build- | rich wooded land. ings. ) azurea, rich |L K July Rotbollia Scorrugata, soils along fences. Robinia pseudoacacia, coccinea, Mx July Lower St. John’s. rare, Mulberry Cas- t Ruellia strepens, L July | tle, Cooper river. wet swamps often | obovata, Ell immersed. | rich shaded soils. Rudbeckia mollis, + officinalis, laciniata va.2, |T &G |Aug | ¢Sambucuscanadensis|L June Toeeeat Eli Sk | damp soils. fulgida, | 't Samolus valerandi, L May t Rubus villosus, L April old rice fields, often trivialis, A April immersed. occidentalis, .|L __|/t Sanguinaria canaden-\L March cuneifolius, |Pursh /April | sis, : sandy soils. | rich shaded soils, not ideus, Ex, uncommon. + Rumex crispus, L June || Sanicula marylandica|L June close soils. rich shaded soils. t britannicus, |L May | Sarothra, damp soils. ) (see Hypericum.) ; acetosellus, L June |+ Sarracenia flava, L May sandy soils. damp soils, near Pi- pastatulus, (Bald April | nopolis. fields. variolaris, |Mx May persicaroides, L July wet pine barrens. pulcher, July |+Saururus cernuus, © |L June Ex. Nat. inundated swamps. Sabal pumila, Walt July Secale cereale, tSabbatia angularis, |Pursh (Aug Ex. cult. rich wet soils, near Schoenus effusus, (|EISkSw White Hall Pl. - || SchrankiaSangustata,|Fid Gry r calycosa, Mx Aug pine barrens, sensi- wet soils, near tive pl. swamps. + Scirpus palustris, (|L May chloroides, |Mx Aug rice fields often im- near pine land ponds, mersed. roots often immersed. capitatus, (L Aug corymbosa, Bald (July bogs often immersed. wet pine barrens. capillaceus, /El] Sk (May gracilis, amp soils. ¢ Sagittaria sagittifolia,, Mx Sept lacustris, L Sept near Cooper river, marshes often im- generally immersed. mersed §radicans, |Nutt maritimus, |Ell Sk graminea, Mx Aug eriophorum, pine barren ponds, Eriophorum |Ell Sk sometimes immersed. cyperinum, natans, Mx Aug triqueter, immersed, pond in minimus, {Ell Sk Stoney Landing P}.) | lineatus, 5* ’ “~ a ee, ne wee bat _ o 52 ciliatifolius, damp soils. autumnalis, wet soils. simplex, tuberculatus, wet soils frequently! immersed. | quadrangulatus, Mx rice fields, marshes. equisetoides, | Ell seen by H. W. R in the spot mentioned) by Elliott.| divaricatus, Ell pine land.| Schleria reticulata, pastures. oligantha, C. River. hirtella, Mx damp. soils.| verticillata, 5 iL L Ell Mx {Mx iMx Serophularia mary- landica, rich shaded soils.’ + Scutellaria laterifiora,|L integrifolia, Le wet spots, edge of] pilosa, Mx rich soils.| ¢ Senebriera tc ico T &G fida v. Coronopus Fhe ss Sk cult. spots. Senecis hieracifolius,|L wet fertile soils.| | lobatus, rice fields, and inun- dated land.. + Sesamum indicum, | Ex, cult. Sericocarpus, Aster o Elliott partly. conyzoides, - soledaginoides, rich soils. t tortifolias, pine barrens. Seymeria tenuifolia, Sida spinosa, elliottii, gracilis, Sinapis nigra, Ex. Silene pensylvanica, |Mx ‘Pers T&S Pursh 1% T&G Ell Sk antirrhina, (|L t virginica, L Mulberry Castle. Spilanthes repens, } Achmella, ‘Ell Sk Ell Sk Oct Aug } | | —-——o + Smilax herbacea, = | | | | | |} Solanum nigram, A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, &. Gymnostyles stolo-|Ell Sk nifera, Silphium asteriscum, LL, laevigatum, compositum, Soliva nasturtifolia,|F & G + Sisymbrium, (see Erysimum and Nasturtium. Sofficinale, |Fid Gry} Sthaliaaum, F idGry || Sisyrincium anceps, corn fields and pas- tures. Sium, (see Tiedman- nia,) I, L rich wooded land. eaduca, margin of ponds and| wet spots. haslata, rich swamps. lanceolata, Swamps. laurifolia, edge of rivulets. pseudo china, swamps and sandy soils, tamnoides, walteri, v. C. W. Lower St. John’s. sarsaparilla ! Wild L, L |e Re |Smilacina, (see Con- vallaria.) L earoliniense, dry soils. tuberosum, Ex. cult, lycopersicum, Ex. eult. Smyrnium,(see Zizia.) Solidago rugosa, Wild rich soils. virgata, Mx border of swamps. _ graminifolia, |Eil damp soils. tenuifolia, /Pursh tortifolia, Ell dry pine barrens. villosa, damp oak lands. odora, §leavenworthii, §pilosa, §boolii, §patula, ee July Aprik | April June July: June June April July July July: . Sepé Sept Aug A Medico- Botanical Catalogue of Plants, §c. altissima, canadensis, Spuberula, ¢ Sonehus oleraceus, |L acuminatus, W * (see Mulgedium.) carolinianus ?)W Sorghum saccharat- um, Ex. cult. Sparganum america-| Nutt num Spargano horus verti- Mx cillatus, flat pine land s near Pinopolis.