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30.^ TV. medium. Raf. (Tr. cernuum of our modern 



botanists.) Leaves shortly petiolate, broadly rhomboidal. 

 both ends abruptly acuminate, 5 nerved, reticulate j pe- 

 duncle recurxxd short, calyx and petals equal, ovate 

 lanceolate acuminate, flat white. From New England 

 to Virginia. Var. 1. Gracile. 2. Pudicum. 3. Undula- 

 turn. 4. GrandiflorUm, 



31. TV. glaucum. Raf. Leaves sessile, broad deltoid, 

 both ends acute, glaucous beneath, 5 nerved and reticu- 

 late : peduncle reflexed, calyx and petals subequal, 

 oval obtuse, calyx erect, petals reflexed back, and 

 white. In Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, Maryland, 

 Virginia, &c. This is the TV. cernuum of W. Barton, 

 Fl. Am. fig. 40. _ 



32,^ TV. divaricatum. Raf. Leaves sessile, obovate 

 acuminate: peduncle divergent, horizontal, petals lan- 

 ceolate acute, longer than the calyx, flat and purple. 



In the Alleghany and Cumberland mountains, six inches 

 high. 



3. & G. Belostylium. 

 33. TV. stylosum. Nuttal. Leaves with short petioles, 

 oval lanceolate, acute at both ends ; peduncle recurved, 

 very short, petals oblong obtuse, undulate, larger than 

 the calyx, a style as long as the stigmas. In the South- 

 ern States. Stem a foot high or less, slender, petals 

 rose colored. This is probably the TV. cernuum of 

 Michaux. 



PROPERTIES. I have the pleasure to introduce 



tins fine genus into Materia Medica. It has been ne- 

 glected by all our writers, although well known to our 

 herbalists. Schoepf merely says that the Indians consi- 

 der the TV. cernuum as poisonous, which is not true ^ 

 and that the acid berries T)f TV. sessile stain of a red 

 color, or dye blue with alum. A popular remedy in the 

 Northern States, and used also by the Shakers. The 

 roots are the officinal parts ; almost all the species may 

 4K ^^V^ indifferently, although the Indians have a notion 

 that those with red blossoms (which they call male) are 

 t'=e best, and those with white blossoms (called /^w£r/^) 

 rmnmnfi ^«™en^s complaints. The species most 



/m,, --fJ -" ''?^'^' because most common, aie the TV. nu- 

 tmu, Jr. pxctum, Tr, grandiflorum, Tu medium, Tr. 



