sYNGENESiA ^ftUALis. Prcnanthes. 



499 



crepidina. 



alba. 



ilicunda. 



6. P. foliis lato-lanceolatis in petiolum attenuatis inaequaliter 



angulato-dentatis, panicula fosciculis terminalibns pau- 

 cifloiis nutantibus, calycibus hirsutis 10— 12-tidis 

 sub-20-floris.— ikZicA.,/^. amer. 2. p. 84. 

 In Illinois and on the high mountains of Carolina. 3Ii- 

 chaux. % . 4- . 



7. P. foliis radicalibus angulato-hastatis dentatis sublobatis, 



caulinis subiotundo-ovatis dentatis peliolatis, summis 

 lanceolatis, panicula laxa, fasciculis terminalibns nu- 

 tantibus, calycibus S-fidis Q-lQ-?^o\-\s.— lFiUd. s[i. 

 pi. 3. p. 1530. 



P. suavis. Parad. lond. 85. 



Icon. Bot. mag. IO79. 



In shady woods : New England to Carolina. }/ . Aug. 

 Sept. V. V. About two feet high 3 calyces purple, 

 flowers white. 



8. P. foliis ciliatis, radicalibus hastato-angulatis subinteger- 



rimis, inferioribus obovatis basi attenuatis subangulatis, 



summis lanceolatis integerrimis, racemo simplici, flo- 



ribus nutantibus. — WiUd. sp. pi. 3. p. 1537. 

 P. alba /3. Sp.pl. 1122. 

 P. autumnalis. Gron.fi. virg. \.p. 89. 

 In shady woods : Pensylvania to Carolina. 1/. Aug. — 



Oct. V. V. Resembles the preceding ; not above 



eighteen inches high. 



9. P. foliis dentatis aspens, radicalibus palmato-sinuatls, Serpentarin. 



caulinis longe petiolatis sinuato-pinnatifidis subtrilobis: 

 lacinia intermedia 3-partita, summis lanceolatis, ra- 

 cemis terminalibns subpanlculatis brevibus nutantibus, 

 calycibus 8-fidis 12-floris. 

 On the mountains of Virginia and Carolina. %. Aug. 

 — Oct. V. V. About two feet high ; flowers pale 

 purple. This plant is known by the inhabitants under 

 the name of Lion^s-foot, and is in high esteem as a 

 specific in curing the bite of the rattlesnake. During 

 my travels through the mountains of Virginia, I had 

 an opportunity of being a witness of the efficacy of 

 this remedy. A man living in Cove-mountains, near 

 the Sweet-springs, was bit in the foot by a Mocassin 

 snake, a species considered the most dangerous. An 

 inflammation and swelling of his whole leg took place 

 immediately ; but by taking the milky juice of tliis j)lant 

 boiled in milk, inwardly, and applying to the wound the 

 steeped leaves, which were very frequently changed, 

 be was cured in a few days. As this plant deserves 



