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tivelj medical, astriuffent, vulnerary, anodyne, subnar- 

 cotic. Dr. Fahnestock announced in 1822, that it is a 

 specific for typhoid dysentery : this valuable property 

 has been confirmed, I have verified it on myself in diar- 

 rhea, others in cholera morbus : it was known in Ken- 

 tucky before 1822. It is used in powder, pills or lozenges, 

 made with sugar and mucilage. 



MYRTUS COMMUNIS, L. Comrnon myrtle. Cult, 

 fragrant, leaves astringent, corroboraiit, dye purple : 

 two var. with black or yellow berries, austere, sweetish, 

 eaten in Greece and Sicily, useful for diarrhea, a sirup 

 made with them. 



NEGUNDIUM FRAXINEA, Raf. Eq. of.4c^r. 



NEPETA CA TARIA, L. Catmint, Catnip. Bit- 

 terish, hircose smell, liked by cats. Resolvent, pellent, 

 cephalic, menagogue, carminative, vermifuge, antispas- 

 modic. Useful for hysterics, some fevers, a specific in 

 chlorosis. 



NERIUM OLEANDER, L. Rose Laurel. Cultiv. 

 Poisonous for men and cattle : milky juice caustic, 

 takes off spots in the eyes. Leaves acrid errhine^ use- 

 ful for itch, ringworms and rheumatism, either boiled, 

 in powder, or infused in oil. 



NEVROSPERMA BALSAMINA, Raf. 1820. Dec. 

 Baham vine. Probably Momordka do, L. but a difterent 

 enus, nay, our sp. somewhat different from the tropical 

 ind called Cerasee in Jamaica. Found from Florida io 

 Texas. Cult, in gardens for use. Root useful in jaun- 

 dice, liver complaints, mesentery, powder emetic, equiv. 

 of Bryonia, leaves also emetic in decoction. Pu!p of 

 the fruit vulnerary, r^d oil made by infusion like Hype- 

 ricum, much use'd and excellent for wounds, bruises, 

 cuts, chinks, burns, pite^, &c. 



NICOTIaNA, L. Tobacco. Well known, many sp. 

 cult, in Asia lonn; before Gdumbus! The very best and 

 wildest is the N. paniculafa or Tobacco of Persia Syria, 

 Pei-u, Varinas and Cuba. N.fruticom is cuit. in China.iV. 

 rvstica or green Tobacco, cult, in Mexico and Africa* 

 ^. quadrioutvis by the Mandans, &c. iV. tabacum the 

 most common in America, and the strongest or worst 

 Cokiha was the ancient name of it in Hayti, and 71?- 

 bacco^ the name of the tube, pipe or segar used to smoke 



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