912 



N. 0. AMENTACE.E. 



239. Celtis. Fifteen species ; 5, 1, L. 



Celtis crassifolia. I have seen but a single tree of this species in 

 Massachusetts ; there may be many more. I believe it is a native 

 of the South and West. The bark is anodyne and refrigerant. The 

 berries, which are sweet and sub-astringent, are good to eat, and are 

 useful in dysentery. 



N. 0. AMENTACE^I. 



240. Alnus. Four species ; 20, 4, L. 



Alnus ferrulata. Alder. Sec. The leaves are bitter and astring- 

 ent. When applied to the female breast, they are said to repel the 

 milk. The bark is a most valuable astringent. I have published 

 an account of its efficacy in hgematuria, in the New York Journal 

 of Medicine for 1846. Dr. Hilmich, of Zanesville, Ohio, in the 

 same journal, for 1847, extols it for cancerous ulcerations, ill-con- 

 ditioned ulcers, scrofulous affections, syphilis, and hepatic eruptions. 



N. 0. UMBELLIFER^:. 



241. Heracleum. Eleven species ; 5, 2, L. 



Heracleum lanatum. Masterwort ; cow parsnep. Sec. See the 

 article Smyrnium, and the controversy on the subject between Dr. 

 Partridge and Dr. Thacher. This is a warm, stimulating carmina- 

 tive, and has been successfully employed by Dr. Orne, of Salem, in 

 cases of epilepsy. 



242. Ligusticum. Eighteen species ; 2, 5, L. 



Ligusticum levisticum. Smellage. Sec. The whole plant is most 

 aromatic and pungent. It possesses a resin similar to opoponax. 

 All the parts of the plant are used ; but the seeds are the most act- 

 ive. The properties of this plant are similar to angelica. It has 

 been employed as an emmenagogue, carminative, and diaphoretic, in 

 form of infusion. W. and B. 



N. 0. CAPRIFOLIACE^I. 



243. Lonicera. Twenty-two species*; 5, 1, L. 



Linicera sempervirens. Honeysuckle. The ripe berries of this 

 beautiful plant are strongly purgative. The leaves and flowers are 

 bitterish, mucilaginous, and detersive. A syrup is prepared from 

 them for sore-throat and irritability of the lungs. 



