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ever, thus the misname of procumbens given to it 

 must at last be changed into G, repens, since it is 

 creeping and not procumbent. It belongs to the Na- 

 tural family of Ericines orBicoRNEs, and to Demn- 

 dria monogynia o( Liinmeus. 



The whole plant has long been known and used as 

 a pleasant common drink in the country by the name 

 of mountain-tea. The berries have a peculiar grate- 

 ful flavor, and are eaten fey children, although rather 

 dry. They are eaten greedily by Game and birds, 

 Deer, Rabbits, Partridges, Grouse, &c. and impart a 

 ^ine flavor. to their flesh, in the fall and winter, when 

 ripe. The plant blossoms from June to September. 

 It is known by a multitude of local names. 



Qualities — The whole plant has a peculiar taste 

 and smell, aromatic and sweet. It contains sugar, 



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the taste, smell and properties. This Oil is very sin- 

 gular and peculiar, it is very heavy, sinking in water, 

 yet volatile, perfectly transparent of a greenish white, 

 aromatic, sweet and highly pungent, containing a 

 peculiar principle Gauiitrlne* 



PROPERTIES— Stimulant, anodyne, astringent, 

 menagogue, antispasmodic, diaphoretic, lacteal, cor- 

 dial, &c. A popular remedy in many parts of the 

 Country. It is generally used as a tea, hut the essence 

 3ind Oil possess eminently all the properties, and are 

 kept in shops. The tea is used as a palliative in 

 asthma, to restore strength, promote menstruation, 

 also in cases of dehility, in the secondary stage of 

 diarrhoia, and to promote the lacteal secretion of the 



