908 



Allium Canadense. Wild onion. The properties of this plant 

 are similar to onions, garlic, &c. 



ORDER 245. SMILACE^I. 



212. Smilax. Forty-nine species ; 21, 6, L. 



Smilax rotundifolia. Green briar. An infusion of this is said 

 to be of service in mercurial salivation, in chronic rheumatism, and 

 affections of the skin. 



213. Smilax sarsaparilla. Sarsaparilla. This possesses the same 

 properties as the sarsaparilla of commerce, but in a more feeble 

 degree. 



214. Convallaria. Twelve species ; 6, 2, L. 



Oonvallaria multiflora. Great Solomon's seal. Sec. The root of 

 this plant has been efficaciously used in the cure of the piles. Take 

 one pound of the green root, or four ounces of the dry root. Boil 

 in one quart of water to one pint ; strain, and add a pint of molas- 

 ses ; simmer, and take a wineglassful three times a-day. 



215. Trillium. Six species, according to the New Edinburgh 

 Encyclopedia. Thirty-five, according to Rafinesque ; 6, 3, L. 



Trillium erectum. Wake-robin ; beth. 



216. Trillium cornuum. Nodding wake-robin. 



217. Trillium pictum. Painted trillium. Rafinesque says he 

 was the first to introduce this species of plants into the materia 

 medica. His Medical Flora was published in 1830, when he an- 

 nounced the fact, as he called it. It has been in use here as an 

 astringent more than forty years ; and I consider it one of our most 

 valuable medicines in that class. It should certainly be ranked as 

 officinal. Henry introduced it in his Medical Botany as long ago 

 as the year 1812 ; and I believe earlier. In 1819, I published a 

 full account of its virtues in the New England Journal of Medicine 

 and Surgery ; and in 1846, in the New York Journal of Medicine. 



ORDER 251. 

 218. ErytTironium. Two species ; 6, 1, L. 

 ErythroniumAmericanum. Adder's tongue; dog-tooth violet. Off. 

 The whole plant contains fecula, mucilage, and resin, and an acrid, 



