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of the head, bladder, breast, stomach, &c. they saj it 

 removes obstructions, quenches thirst, revives heart, pu- 

 rifies brain! prevents drowsiness and letharo;y, clears 

 the sight, dispels wind. &c. Boiled in vinegar used in 

 diarrhea and tenesmus. The seeds furnish good lamp 

 oil, seeds and oil useful for colds and asthma. The 

 abuse of strong tea may cause tremors, palsy, epilepsy, 

 apoplexy, mania, &c, 



THUYA OCCIDEXTALIS, Jlrhor Vita, White Ce- 

 dar. Fine tree, only 36 feet high and 14 inches diameter 

 when 150 years old. Ointment of fresh leaves with 

 bear's fat, excellent for rheumatism, decoction useful in 

 coughs, fevers, cacoehyma, scurvy, gout, Sec. Distilled 

 water for dropsy j poultice of the cones and Polypodium^ 

 in powder with milk remove the worst rheumatic pains. 



THYMUS SERPYLLUM, Linn. Ground Thyme. 

 Spontaneous. Pennsylvania. Fine fragrant condiment 

 and stimulant. 



TIARELLA CORDIFOLIA, L. Paasemimg oi A\' 

 gic tribes, root mucilaginous pectoral. 



TILIA, L, Linden^ Basswood^ Whitewood, Spoon- 

 wood, Sucumug or Sugumuck of Mohegans, Suciiy or 

 Wuckopy of Algie tribes. Beautiful and useful trees', 

 we have 5 sp. with T.stenopetala, Raf. Fl. lud. All eq. 

 Wood very white and soft, used for canoes, models, 

 spoons, turning, &c* when dry it .swims like cork, 

 makes fine light charcoal for gunpowder* Bark used 

 hy Indians for ropes, thread, cloth and tinder, also make 

 of it a hard paste to pitch canoes. Blossoms fragrant, 

 cephalic, sudonfic, antispasmodic, useful in tea for head 

 ache, epilepsy, spasmodic cough, &c. They contain a 

 peculiar substance Tiline^ soluble in water only and 

 yellow brown, gum, tannin, salts, &c- Leaves and bark 

 emollient, flax and paper has been made with bark. 

 Seeds can make a kind of chocolate. 



TOXYLON AURANTIACUM, Raf. 18ir. {Maclu- 

 reoyN. 1818) .^yac. Stinking wood. Bow woody ¥eUon> 

 wood. Lately supposed the Morus tinctoria by some! 

 which has fruits yellowish, edible, size and shape of 

 mulberries I while Toxylon has fruits of size and shape 

 of oranges, not edible I In Arkansas and Texas, wood 



