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CLASS I. VASCULARES. FLOWERING PLANTS. 

 SUB-CLASS I. EXOGEKZE ; OR, DICOTYLEDONS. 



Tribe 1. Angiospermse ; or, seed inclosed in a covering, or pericarp. 

 2. Polypetalous and Achlamydeous Plants. 



ORDER 1. ARALIACE.E ; OR, ARALIA TRIBE. 



1. Aralia racemosa. Spikenard. Class 5, Order 1, Linnaeus. 

 Eleven species of aralia are noticed in the new Edinburgh Ency- 

 clopedia. 



2. Aralia nudicaulis. Wild sarsaparilla ; wild liquorice ; sweet 

 root. 



3. Aralia hispida, or Spinosa. Prickly ash ; spikenard tree ; 

 angelica tree ; prickly elder ; toothache tree. These three aralias 

 are officinal in the United States Pharmacopoeia, Wood and Bache, 

 &c. They are stimulant, emetic, cathartic. For an account of the 

 specific medical properties and uses of the officinal plants of this 

 State, I refer to the sequel of the U. S. Pharmacopoeia, Wood and 

 Bache, and to the standard writers upon medical botany in the 

 United States. I shall merely glance at the leading medical pro- 

 perties of such, without entering much into detail. 



4. Panax quinquefolium. Ginseng ; 5, 2, Linn. 



This plant is stimulant, cordial, aromatic, tonic, and expectorant. 

 It is considered the divine remedy among the Chinese, as much as 

 the lobelia, or Devil's pepper, is thought to be such among the 

 Thompsonians and steamers. In China, this plant is called ginseng, 

 which, in the Chinese language, signifies mans health. 



ORDER 2. UMBELLIFER^I, OR UMBELLIFEROUS TRIBE. 



5. Conium maculatum-, 5, 2, L. Water parsley; poison parsley. 



6. Cicuta maculata. Water parsley; death of man; wild hem- 

 lock. 



