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peras (sulphate of iron). A wash for sore eyes is made by the 

 Cherokee Indians, by boiling the inner bark with water. I have 

 seen it used successfully. 



256. Acer striatum. Striped maple bush ; cancer bush, &c. This 

 is a handsome tree, which seldom grows larger than a shrub. The 

 bark is handsomely striated with green and brown. The bark of 

 this tree has obtained some reputation as a remedy in cancerous 

 and other eruptions, by drinking and washing with a decoction of it. 

 But little dependence can, however, be placed upon it. The leaves 

 have been used as a local application to the inflamed breast. 



N. 0. THYMELACE^:. 



25T. Direct. 8, 1, L. 



Dirca palmtris. Leather-wood ; moose- wood. Sec. The berries 

 of this plant are thought to be poisonous. The bark is tough as 

 leather, and it is used by the Indians instead of ropes ; it is emetic, 

 cathartic, rubefacient, and epispastic ; the bark and roots are the 

 parts employed; its properties are similar to mezereon and seneka, 

 but it is more powerful than the latter. 



N. 0. ERICE.E. 



258. Arbutus. Two species ; 10, 1, L. 



Arbutus uva ursi. Bearberry ; mountain box. Off. Diuretic, 

 and slightly astringent and tonic. It is used in nephritis, gravel, 

 catarrhs, strangury, leucorrhoea, &c. It has been employed some- 

 what extensively in consumption, checking hectic fever. 



259. Craultheria. Six species ; 10, 1, L. 



Graultheria procumbens. Off. Partridge berry ; chequer berry ; 

 mountain tea; grouse berry; dewberry; spice berry; teaberry; 

 red berry; winter green; red berry tea; ground berry; ivy; ground 

 holly ; hill berry ; box berry. No less than fifteen common names 

 for one plant. This shows how extremely arbitrary are our common 

 English or vulgar names for plants. This is a warm, stimulating 

 aromatic, the properties of which are well known. 



260. Kalmia. Five species ; 10, 1, L. 



Kalmia latifolia. Broad-leaved laurel. Sec. The leaves are 

 poisonous, and narcotic in their operation. They are extensively 

 used in medical practice. An account of the uses of the plant may 



