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made nets, ropeg, thread, and purses with it. The seeds 

 were eaten by them. 



ACONITUM NAPELLUS, L. fVolfsbane. Schoepf 

 says that it grows n\ Virginia, no one else has seen it ; 



it grows ill Virginia, i 

 ave mistaken for it the 



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he must have mistaken for it the A.nncinalunij our onlj 

 native spe^l^s, which grows from Virginia to Missouri, 

 and has probably similar qualities. The Wolfsbane is 

 an acrid nauseous poison, but diuretic, drastic, pellent, 

 idorific, errhine, vesicatory, &:c. Producing vertiga 

 and convulsions. It is, however, used in Europe in mi- 

 nute does, as a heroic remedy in schirrus, anchylosis^ 

 spina ventosa, amaurosis, gout, rheumatism, and even 

 intermittent fevers, 



ACTEA ALBA and RUBEA. irjiite and red Co 

 hash, or Barteherrifj Toadroot. From Canada to Caro- 

 lina- in woods. Root bitter, repellent, nervine, used for 

 debility in Canada- Equivalent of Botrophis. Plant and 

 berries poisonous, said to be liked by toads. Berries 

 white or red in the second species. Wrongly blended 

 bv L. with A. spicata or A. nigra of Europe, which has 



black berries. 



ACTIMKaIIS. ]\Iany species, all called formerly 

 Cor ;'"'^ aUemifo/ia. Dr. Eoff informed me that they 

 cur^ ^u^ r'n^\. orm by rubbing with the leaves. 



ADIAXTHUM PEDATUM, Add, Mrs. Gambold 

 savs that the Caerokees used a strong decoction of it as 

 an emetic in agues! this would indicate greater activity 

 in tiiis plant. ^ 



ADKEA GLABERRIMA, Raf 1815. {Uriica jni- 

 rnila. L.) Cool weed. Very common. Very different 

 from n'^*'tic», quite smooth and cool. The leaves applied 

 or bruised give immediate relief in inflammations and 

 painful ^wf^Uings- As a wash, they cure the topical 

 jtoison of Rhus or Shumac. Called Neicffsha^ meaning 

 us cool as u€. by the Osages. Its peculiar grateful strong 

 smell indicates other properties. 



AGARIC U?. Funk. Many species, growing on dc- 

 •! ed tret^-. All more or less stvptic and bitter, useful 

 -ke t \_ nc, a soft powder for stopping arterial 





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