DENDROLOGY. 



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of the Peruvian bark. The only inconvenience accompanying its 

 use was that, if taken within a year after being stripped from the 

 tree, it sometimes occasioned acute pains in the bowels : but this 

 evil was remedied by adding to it 5 grains of Virginia snake root, 

 Aristolochia serpentaria. The bark may be substituted for gall 

 nuts, of which an excellent ink may be made by putting one half 

 of an ounce of it with 2 scruples of sulphate of iron. 2 scruples 

 of gum arabic and 16 ounces of rain water. By shaking the 

 infusion well together it will be fit for use in a few days. 



CUPRESSUS. 



Moncecia Monadelphia. Linn. Coniferae. Juss. Expectorant, secerncuit, 



stimulant. 



Cypress. Cupressus disticha. 



This species is the most 

 interesting of its genus for 

 the varied application of its 

 wood and for its extraordina- 

 ry dimensions in a favorable 

 soil and climate. In Louis- 

 iana it is called Cypre or 

 Cypres, and in the ancient 

 Southern States Cypress, 

 and sometimes Bald Cypress. 

 The names of Black and 

 White Cypress, in the Car- 

 olinas and Georgia, are 

 founded only on the quality 

 and color of the wood. 

 The banks of Indian River, 

 a small stream that waters a 

 part of Delaware in latitude 38 50', may be assumed as its 

 northern boundary. Hence in proceeding southward, it becomes 

 constantly more abundant in the swamps ; but in Maryland and 

 Virginia it is confined to the vicinity of the sea, where the winter 



PLATE XXIV. 

 Fig. 1. A leaf. Fig. 2. A cone. 



