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Chimapliila maculata. Prince's pine ; pipsissewa ; spotted win- 

 ter-green. Off. This is a most powerful diuretic, and has been ex- 

 tensively used in dropsy. It is also tonic, astringent, and depurative. 

 It is much used in cutaneous eruptions, and particularly in can- 

 cerous affections, over which it has a feeble, if any, action. See 

 Materia Medica. 



122. ChimapJiila rotundifolia. Round-leaved winter-green ; shin- 

 leaf. The leaf, bound on old ulcers of the skin and leg, have proved 

 successful in their cure. 



123. Monotropa. Four species ; 10, 1, L. 



Monotropa uniflora. Pipe plant; beech drops, &c. It is ophthal- 

 mic and nervine. The juice mixed in water, according to Rafinesque, 

 is deemed by the Indians specific in sore eyes. The dried root is 

 employed in epilepsy, and in the diseases of children, in doses of a 

 teaspoonful, united with valerian. That notorious empiric, Steward, 

 says it is a substitute for opium. According to him, it eases pain, 

 comforts the stomach, and causes sleep and rest. 



ORDER 175. LOBELIACB^I. 



124. Lobelia. Ninety-five, species ; 5, 1, L. 



Lobelia inflata. Indian tobacco; devil's pepper, &c. Off. So 

 much has been said and sung about this " divine remedy" of the 

 steamers, that it is needless to recapitulate it here. The manner in 

 which it received its appropriate English name may be found in my 

 paper upon this plant, published in the New York Journal of Medi- 

 cine and Surgery for the year 1846. 



125. Lobelia cardinalis. Cardinal lobelia. This seems to pos- 

 sess many of the same properties with the above, but in less degree. 



ORDER 182. PLANTAGENE^:. , 



126. Plantago. Seventy species; 4, 1, L. 



Plantago major. Great plantain. The leaves of this plant are 

 used as a cooling vulnerary. The root is febrifuge and astringent, 

 and used for diarrhoea, sore eyes, and bloody fluxes. The leaves are 

 good for ulcers, the bites of venomous insects, and tumours. The 

 seeds are vermifuge. The properties of 



127. Plantago lanceolata, ribwort, are somewhat similar. 



