224 GOODYERxi. 



jaundice and hypochondriac cholic, asthma, &c. Snuffed 

 up the nose it has cured inveterate head aches. Used 

 in tea, united to cherry bark ; for sore eyes united to 

 Celandine. It makes ale antiscorbutic and tonic. Said 



to be baneful to horses- 



GLEDITSIA, L, Honey Locust. Useful tree, good 

 wood, leaves and pods liked bj cattle and sheep, the 

 pods have a sweet acid pulp, good to eat, good beer and 

 methej^rm made -with it. The prickly kind used for 

 hedges. Equivalent in America of the Ceratonia or Ca- 



rub tree of South Europe, 



GLYCIRHIZA, L, Liquorice. G. lepidota of Mis- 

 souri has a bitter, nauseous root, yet eaten roasted by 

 Indians, another sp. called Cahohamo by the Oregon 

 tribes, is sweet and good, tasting like sweet potatoes. 



GKAPHALIUM, L. Cudtveecl The Gn. margari- 

 tacenm also called Silver leaf^ None so pretty, is ano- 

 dyne and pectoral, used in colds and coughs, pains in 

 the breast, also mild astringent and vermifuge, used in 

 dysentery and hemorrhage in powder or decoction- Ex- 

 ternally used in tumors, contusions, sprains, in awash. 

 Also in the diseases of sheep. One of the good substi- 

 tutes for tobacco in smoking. Many other sp. of the 

 genus are equivalent- The Qn. ptcmtagineum and dioi- 

 cum^ belonging to S. G. Antennaria, have many names, 

 White plmitain^ Poor robin or Battle snahe plantain^ 

 Squirrel ear, Scinjachu of some Indians. Both pecto- 

 ral, used in coughs, fevers, bruises, inflammations, debi- 

 lity : also against the negro poison and rattle snake bites: 

 Indians will for a trifle allow themselves to be bitten and 

 cure themselves at once. 



GONOLOBUS HIHSUTUS, Ms. Negro vine. Root 

 drastic, acting on the bowels like Colocynth. The juice 

 serves to poison arrows in Guyana. Deserving examina- 

 tion. Found in North and South America. 



GONOTHECA HFXIANTHOIDES. 3feIon apple 

 Jlower. Root tuberose, fragrant, nervine. Equiv. of 



J^olytmna. 



GOODYERA PUBESCENS, Br. Tmsaca reticulata, 

 Raf. Satyrium and Neottia of others. Rattle snake leafy 

 Networt^ Netleaf^ Scrofula tveed. Deemed by some em- 

 pirics a specific for the scrofula, the fresh leaves are ap- 



