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sore eyes, jaundice, dropsy, chiefly for piles in oint- 

 ment- 



LINNEUSIA BOREALIS, L. r«Jwi/?oicer, Ground 



vine. Bitterish subastringent, diuretic, eq. of JirbuluSy 

 used also for rheumatism and disorders of the skin, 



LINUM VIRGINIANLM, L. Wild Flax, JVech- 

 kenah of the Missouri tribes, whole plant laxative, pec- 

 toral and sudorific, used f{)r cough and asthma. Common 

 Flax or Z. usltatissirnvm is become spontaneous, pro- 

 ducing tow, flax and linen. Seeds niedicalj demulcent, 

 pectoral, emollient, &c- Flaxseed tea used in coughs, 

 hematuria, cliolic, gravel, hemoptyajs, gout, dysuria, &c. 

 Flaxseed or I^inseed oil much used by painter^ being 



dessicative, said to expel the worms of children, given 

 # mixt with sugar. 



LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA.L. S-tet gum. 



White gum. Beautiful fragrant tea from N. Y, to Mexi- 

 co. Much used by the Indians. Tnner bark in tea for 

 nervous diseases, leaves for smoking ; buds sudorific and 

 febrifuge, cure fevers in 2 or 3 davs. The ^um was the 

 copal or intense of the Mexicans, a fragrant perfume ; 

 used as a drawing plaster by the Cherokees, also for 

 diarrhea, dysentery, itch, &c. Wood compact, tough, 

 warps but takes fine pofish. The baisam made by coc* 



tioh of the branches similar to Storax, gray, aC4:id, fra- 

 grant. Leaves smell delightful, cephalic and corrobo- 

 rant, make a fragrant tobacco. 



URIODENDRON TIIJPIFERA, L. TuHp tree^ 

 Poplar. Two varieties. \, Alba acidilobaov White wood. 

 2. Flava obtimloba or Veilow loood* Valuable, orna- 

 mental and medical. Reaching 120 feet high and 30 

 ronnd. Durable timber, heavy, hard and tough, but 

 subject to warp, the yelluw kind softer and brittle. Espe- 

 tofiga of the Osages, use bark of tf)e roots and green 

 seeds as febrifuge and vennifuge for children. Found 

 from Lake Champlain to Texas, in rich soils. Medical 

 eq. of Magnolia^ less aromatic and more astringent. Bark 

 must t>e collected in winter. Active tonic, antiseptic, 

 stimulant and sudorific, deemed equal to Cinchona in 

 the sauke doses for intermittent and low fevers, weak 

 stomach, dyspepsia, hysteria, dysentery, chronic rheu- 

 matism, gout, &c. Used in powders, infusion, tincture 



