445 Mr. CuTLER's Account of indigenous Vegetables, 
Jt sig t'a steer i and dien item ludi in- 
ferior to afparagus. BES i L 
| LYTHRUM. d ae Plant. by n AA 
Lythrum foliis alternis linearibus, Joribus bexandris. see 
Nat. 
WILD HYSSOP. Grafpoly. ‘Bloffoms } purple. In wet. land. 
June— July. . i 
qd aUo) Aya DIGYNIA. ie 
AE MONS. [inp Gen. Plant. 5 34 
finibus minutes greca adlie; i jpidis. Syít. Nat. 
4GRIMONr. The number of ftamina from five to twelve. 
‘Bloffoms on long terminating {pikes ; yellow. By fences. July. 
Tt is faid the Indians ufed an infuffion of the roots in inflamè 
‘matory fevers, with great fuccefs. Dr. HiH fays, an infufion 
of fix ounces of the crown of the root in a quart of boiling 
water, fweetened with honey, and half a pint of it drank three 
times a day, is an effe&ual cure for the jaundice. He advifes 
_ ‘to begin with a vomit, afterwards to keep the bowels foluble, 
and to continue the medicine as long as any — ja the 
— remains. . 
;, IGOSANDRIA.. i 
MONOGTNIA — > j 93: d 
PRUNUS. Linn. Gen. Plant. 546. 
Specific defcriptions under this genus, as well as that of the 
Vaccinium, are, for the fame reafons, omitted. The trees and 
fhrubs found growing naturally, are known by the mens 
ames, 
