Chimaphila umbellata. 29 
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Pursh is altogether silent respecting the medical properties of C. 
umbellata ; but after all, it is not unlikely that the C. maculata will 
turn out to be an active plant. It is not only very like the other in 
habit, but it may readily be confounded with it, ona slight view. It is 
most easily distinguished from the C. umbellata, by its leaves, which 
are of a:dark olive green colour, and conspicuously maculated or 
veined with greenish-white ; while in the Pippsissewa which is the 
subject of this article, the leaves are of a shining green hue, without 
any spots or veins. In the ©. maculata, too, the leaves which are 
lanceolate, inclining occasionally to ovate, are broad at their bases, 
and taper to their apexes; they are also deeply sawed on their 
edges. Those of the C. umbellata are narrowed at their bases, 
broadest towards their ends; the serratures are not quite so deep, 
and are nearer together. It must be confessed, that the aspect of 
the Chimaphila maculata is strikingly indicative of active properties, 
and the plant is worthy of further investigation. 
CONOMICAL USE. ~ ee 
I have been informed by Judge Peters, that it is a common — 
practice in the country, to give a bucket full of the decoction of the 
C. umbellata, to horses that are unable to stale, with the view, and. 
uniformly with the effect, of relieving them, This is a strong fact in 
corroboration of the diuretic virtue of the plant, as described in the 
foregoing pages ; and it is also an interesting one to farmers, or other 
