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good food for rattle in winter. All the rough species 

 used to scour and clean. Used in Italy for a cattle diu- 



retic, given to oxen voidins; blood. The E. ttiberosunij 

 Raf. of Oregon, roots foo<l of Indians. Some tall spe- 

 cies called Nebiafahby the Missouri tribes, are used for 

 brooms, mats, wick«, thatch. Their roots produce great 

 thirst J they are powerful stimulant and diuretic, used 

 in dropsiesii menstrual and syphilitic diseases. 



ERIGERON- Add, E. canadense is called Horse 

 weed in Kentucky, and used for the strangury of horses. 

 E. bellidifolium^^ czWed Rosebety and Roberfs plantain 



\n bitterish, pungent, used for hard tumors, and for the 

 bite of snakes, in large decoction and cataplasm. 



ERIOPHORUM, L. Cotton grass. The woo! may be 



spun like ci>tton. 



ERYNGIUM, L. Button Snakeroot. Many species 



very active, diuretic and sudorific. E. aqnaiiaim^ E.fe- 

 tidum and E, yucefofitnn^ mostly use'!, this last also 

 called Co?m Snakeroot. said to be the best cure fjr rat- 

 tle snake bites, chewed and laid on the wound. E./eti- 

 ditm equal to it, to Valerian and Onntrayerva, antihisteric* 

 The roots of all are pungent, bitter, aromatic, stimulant, 

 corroborant and expectorant, deemed useful in debility, 

 clironic diseases of the lungs and bladder. They pro- 

 duce salivation, and sometimes emesis in strong; doses. 

 The Indians value them much in fevers and dropsies- 

 They unite E, yucffolium to Iris in dropsy. They are 

 a very powerful sudorific, quite equal to Dor^tenia con- 

 trayerva in fevers. Requirin;; investigation. The E. 



campestre of Euiope has a root edible, iliuretic and 

 aphrodisiac. 



ERYSIMUM OFFICINALE. L. Hedge Mustard. 

 Astringent, diuretic, used for asthma, cough» ischuria. 

 The syrup use<l by sinj^ers to clear their Toice. The E. 

 alliaria is detersive, aperient, incisive and attenuaot. 

 useis in <lyseiitery and hvsterics. 



ESiYTHRINA HKRBACEA, L. Coralbhom. Roots 

 sudorific, fiowers pectoral. Verv ornamental. 



ERYTHRONIUM- Ad<K called Tarmia or Deer' $ 

 toji^ie Vv th»^ Mis^^uri tribes, used externally hw them 

 m a wash and pouitice for breast complaints. Internally 

 diuretic vermifuge, uned aguinst the tenia in Asia. 



