botanically arranged.

491

DI0EC1A.

DIANDRIA.SALIX. Linn. Gen. Plant. 976.

The White Willow. The Red Willow. The Rose Willow.The Dogwood. The Oster.

An account is given, in the Transactions of the Royal Soci-ety, (vol. liii. p. 195) by the Rev. Mr. Stone, of the greatefficacy of white willow bark in curing intermitting fevers. Hegathered the bark in summer, when it was füll of sap ;—driedit by a gentle heat, and gave a dram of it powdered, every fourhours betwixt the fits. In a few obstinate cases he mixed itwith one fifth part of Peruvian bark. Some judicious physi-cians, here, have made trial of the bark of the white willow,and recommend it as a valuable Substitute for the Peruvian bark.They have used principally the bark of the roots.

HEXANDRIA.SMILAX. Linn. Gen. Plant. 992.Smilax caule inermi tereti, foliis inermibus: caulinis cordatis,rameis ovato-oblongis f Syst. Nat.

BIND- WEED. Bramble. Blossoms greenish white. Berriesblack. In moist hedges. June.

OC TANDRIA.

POPULUS. Linn. Gen. Plant. 996.

The White Poplar. The Trembling Poplar, or Aspen Tree.

The Black Poplar, commonly called, in the northern states, the

Balm of Gilead.

POLYANDRIA.

CLIFFORTIA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 1004.

Cliffortia foliis ternatis: intermedio tridentato. Syst. Nat.

THREE-LEAVED CLIFFORTIA. Snake-weed. In moist land.

May—June.

O o o 2 POLYGAMIA.