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an ounce for 3 doses in powder with honey, or decoc- 

 tion. We used instead the F. nutans^ (Sea Oak or Gulf- 

 weed) Kalm says it was given in fevers and to women inr 

 childbed: Josselyn in wine for gout. The esculent 

 Swallow nests of India are made with the F. corncus. 

 Vases as hard as leather made w^ith F* potatorum of 

 Australia. The F. nutans is edible also, used for fevers 

 and retention of urine in German^'. F^ serratas gives 

 most iodine. The charcoal or ethiops of jP. veslculosus^ 

 used for scrofula, contains facie acid, resin, a little 



iodine. F. gigaiUeiis of the ocean is a vegetable wonder, 

 the stem being often three miles long! F tendo used for 

 ropes in China, very tough, 



FUMARIA OFFICINALIS, L. Fumltonj, Tonic 

 bitter, antiscorbutic, depurative : useful for exanthema, 

 prurient itching, scurvy spots, scabs, w^eak stomach, in 

 ^y^up, extract or wine. 



FUNGI. Mushrooms. Extenvsive class of plants, of 

 which a multitude found with us. Many are edible and 

 yield sugar, 150 are eaten in Italy, nearly all found with 

 us, belonging to the genera Amanita^ Bdetus^ Phallus^ 

 Clavaria, Fhjdnxim, Tuber, Lycoperdon^ &c. Ilelvella 

 amara and Boletus laricis are bitter, tonic aud febri- 

 fuge. ^ Tiuder, corks, ink, &c, are made with several. 

 Fungine is a peculiar substance found in them. Ail the 

 tough, lactescent, deliquescent and fetid kinds are poi- 

 sonous if eaten, being acrid, narcotic, causing inflamma- 

 tion of the stomach and bowels, great thirst, orlpings, 

 convulsions and death. The remedies are emedcs, pur- 

 gative injections, antispasmodics, emollients, acidulous 

 drinks, &c. 



GALARDIA AMARA, Raf. Fl.lud. fragrant, eq. of 

 Aiithemis, gives intolerable bitter taste to milk of cows. 



GALAX ROTCNDIFOLIA, L. Carpenters' leaf. 

 Vulnerary, used for all kinds of wounds, bruises and 



sores. 



GAUTIERA. Add, Moschar of the Missouri tribes, 

 indicates poor soil. Berries used in home beer in the 

 North, gives it a fine flavor, they are good antiscorbutic, 

 invigorate the stomach, Lc, 



GEASTRVM, Pers. Ground Sta- The LycG,.:rdon 

 bovista of L. and Schoepf. Several sp. My G. Jlctigea 



