No. 91. TRILLIUM. 



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longiflonm^ Tr.rotundifolmm^ &c. Thej are all astrin- 

 ent, restringent, pectoral, tonic, antiseptic, alterative 



to. Their roots are commonly oblong or terete, tube- 

 rose, broM^n outside, white inside, from 1 to 5 inches 

 long, with a few branches or fibres ; they jiave a faint 

 smell, somewhat like cedar, and a peculiar aromatic 

 taste, somewhat like copaivi. Being chewed, thej pro- 

 duce salivation and tears, with heat in the throat, and 

 next a sensation of coolness over the whole system. 

 These are indications of active properties. They have 

 not yet been analyzed. They are employed internally 

 in hematuria or bloody urine, uterine hemorrhage, immo- 

 derate menstrual discharge, blood spitting, hectic fever, 

 asthma, catarrhal cough, |)rofluvia, &c. either in powder^ 

 dose a tea spoonful, or in infusion. Externally, they 

 are \ery beneficial in tumors, indolent and putrid ulcers, 

 carbuncles, and mortification, in a poultice by itself, or 

 still better united with Sajiguinaria. As an astringent 

 and restringent, they are milder or weaker than Gera- 

 nium and Erigeron, but not so Tieating. As a tonic 

 they appear very beneficial, nay, a certain cure, with 

 bloodroot, for inflamed carbuncles and ulcers, after a 

 purge J it is said that they obviate or prevent gangrene 

 and the need of cutting oft' mortified limbs. Even tJie 

 leaves are useful applied to tumors. In female com- 

 plaints, such as leucorrhea^ menorrhea, and after partu- 

 rition, thev act as good restringents ; the Indians value 

 them mucfi as such, both in Canada and Missouri. They 

 say in Canada that the loots chewed, will cure instantly 

 the bite of rattle-snakes, both in men and cattle. Mr. 

 Hawkins saw an Indian make the experiment foragi!! 

 of rum : how it acts was not stated. The Indians of 

 Missouri call them Mochar Neivachar, meanino- heat 

 and cold : it is their palliative for consumption. The 

 sessile species are called Jewsha^y in Kentucky, and 

 used for sores and ulcers. The Tr. tinctorium is'^one pf 

 the red paints of the ^Vestern Indians j the roots stain 

 the hands, and dye red with alum. 



N. B. Sp. omitted among the SessiUnm. 



34. TV. maculatum. Raf. {Tr. sessile^ Elliot.) Stem 

 spotted, leaves sessile ovate acute, trinerve, spotted : 

 calyx erect oblong, petals spatulate, twice as long, dark 

 purple. In Carolina, &c. 



