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The whole plant is sufficiently acrimonious to erode the skin.But Dr. Withering says, some ladies know how to mix thejuice with milk, so as to make it an innocent and safe applicationto remove freckles and sunburn. The juice will destroy wartsand corns. If the juice be put into a strahier, through whichthe warm milk from the cow is poured, and the milk set byfor a day or two to become acescent, it acquires a consistancyand tenacity—neither the whey nor the cream will separate.In this state it is used by the inhabitants in the north of Sweden,and called an extremely grateful food.

HEXANDRIA.

MONOGYNIA.PONTEDERIA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 361.Pontederia foliis cordatis, floribus spicatis. Syst. Nat.PICKERELWEED. Blue Spike. Blossoms blue. Commonon the borders of ponds and rivers. July.

LILIUM. Linn. Gen. Plant. 371.

Lilium foliis verticillatis, floribus reflexis, corollis revolutis.Syst. Nat.

MARTAGON. Curl-flowered Lily. Blossoms yellow, spottedwith black. In Taunton, and very common in the state ofRhode-Island. July—August.

Lilium foliis verticillatis, floribus reflexis, corollis campanulatis.Syst. Nat.

YELLOW LILY. Blossoms yellow, with black Spots. Com-mon in meadows. July—August.

Lilium foliis verticillatis, flore erecto, corolla campanulata.Syst. Nat.

G g g RED LIL Y.