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3 drachms for a long while, with a strong infusion of the 

 leaves and tops at ni^ht. Requiring attention, as we 

 have so few remedies ^r this cruel disease. Leaves used 

 as maturative in cataplasms. Seeds incisive. Roots and 

 leaves used by empirics for many other complaints, 

 choHcs, flatulence, asthma, amenorrhea, disorders of the 

 brain, agues, palsy, apoplexy, &c. in doses of one drachm. 

 Probably equiv. of Angelica and Imperatoria. 



HIBISCUS, L. Water MaUow, SweatweecL Many 



sn. all furnish by maceration of the stems, tow, flax, 

 cloth, silk, and paper: ought to be cultivated for , this.- 

 Root of H. moBcheiitos par -oric. Our H. speciosus^ 

 H. coccineiis and //. crocens, Raf. cult, for the splendid 

 blossoms, H, abelmoschus cult, for the musky and eme- 

 tic seeds. H. esculenliis or Okra, cult, for the pods, a 

 fine mucilaginous vegetable when unripe, in soups, boiled 

 or stewed, main ingredient of Gombos or Calalous, a 

 famous dish, luscious and aphrodisiac. Seeds pectoral, 

 make a good flour and a substitute for coffee. 



HICORYA, Raf. 1807. (Caryal^. i 81S, Jiiglans sp. 

 L.) Hickory tree. Very useful. Good heavy wood, best 

 for fuel. Leaves sweet scented, nervine. Vernal sap 

 sw' -tish and acid, producing syrup, sugar and beer like 

 Maples. Tendrils of the young roots edible, eaten by 

 Indians wlien hungry. They made milk, oil and many 

 dishes ». ith the nuts. A.> good as walnuts, sweeter^ 

 some have hard shells, the best, H.oliva or Pecan, and 

 H, sulcata or Shellbarh^ have soft shells. The Pignut 

 hickories^ such as H. cimara^ ILporcina and H. nquatica 

 have bitter nuts, their bark is stvptic. The inner bark 

 of some sp, chiefly //. oblonga is cathartic- Equiv. of 

 Jvzlftns cinerea. 



HlKRACirM VENOSUM, L. Hawkweed, Blood- 

 wortj Snake plantaiftj &c. Antiseptic, vulnerary, as- 

 tringent, sudorific, pectoral, &c. Active plant, root and 

 '^avfs used, bitterish : long used bruised or chewed and 



snak 



Schoepf, lately confirmed bv T)r. Harlan, who made ex- 



perimetus on it. Used by empiri'-^ in tea or syrup for 

 scrofiua, amenorrhea, hemorrhaire, hemoptysis, &.c. i ni- 

 ted to Sangtdnaria in powder, for curiTigthc polypus of 

 the no«**. Many other sp. may be equivalents : the //• 



