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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  [ 
  September, 
  

  

  in 
  its 
  fresh 
  state 
  is 
  bruised 
  and 
  mashed, 
  and 
  then 
  gently 
  steeped 
  in 
  milk. 
  

   This 
  after 
  straining 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  drank 
  in 
  large 
  quantities 
  until 
  the 
  patient 
  

   has 
  fully 
  recovered. 
  Mr. 
  Clark 
  affirms 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  successfully 
  treated 
  

   several 
  patients 
  by 
  this 
  method 
  and 
  has 
  never 
  yet 
  lost 
  a 
  ease. 
  He 
  is 
  an 
  

   intelligent 
  minister 
  in 
  regular 
  standing 
  and 
  active 
  service 
  of 
  the 
  Metho- 
  

   dist 
  Episcopal 
  Church 
  South, 
  and 
  in 
  early 
  days 
  when 
  physicians 
  were 
  

   scarce, 
  did 
  considerable 
  practice 
  of 
  medicine. 
  He 
  is 
  thoroughly 
  positive 
  

   and 
  candid 
  in 
  his 
  belief 
  of 
  the 
  eflScacy 
  of 
  this 
  Hieracium 
  as 
  a 
  cure 
  for 
  

   rattlesnake 
  poison. 
  Not 
  being 
  a 
  botanist 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  know 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   the 
  weed, 
  and 
  until 
  to-day 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  say 
  what 
  the 
  weed 
  is. 
  

   But 
  to-day 
  he 
  succeeded 
  in 
  getting 
  the 
  plant 
  in 
  bloom. 
  Eev. 
  Clark 
  re- 
  

   ports 
  the 
  plant 
  very 
  abundant, 
  but 
  my 
  own 
  botanical 
  excursions 
  have 
  not 
  

   taken 
  me 
  where 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  called 
  abundant. 
  In 
  Coulter's 
  manual 
  it 
  is 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  " 
  From 
  Montana 
  to 
  Oregon 
  and 
  south 
  to 
  the 
  Wahsatch." 
  

  

  It 
  IS 
  a 
  well 
  known 
  fact 
  that 
  deer 
  and 
  antelope 
  and 
  other 
  animals 
  

   when 
  bitten 
  by 
  rattlesnakes 
  seek 
  relief 
  in 
  eating 
  some 
  weed 
  well 
  known 
  

   by 
  hunters 
  in 
  early 
  days, 
  and 
  Rev. 
  Clark 
  believes 
  this 
  plant 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  one. 
  

  

  By 
  turning 
  to 
  Gray's 
  Flora 
  of 
  North 
  America 
  (Gamopetate) 
  one 
  

   will 
  see 
  Hieracium 
  veru>mm 
  L. 
  called 
  " 
  Rattlesnake 
  weed." 
  This 
  popular 
  

   name 
  must 
  have 
  a 
  history 
  behind 
  it, 
  and 
  being 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  genus 
  of 
  our 
  

   Kocky 
  Mountain 
  rattlesnake 
  weed 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  point 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  use 
  

   among 
  the 
  early 
  comers 
  to 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast. 
  On 
  telling 
  this 
  account 
  ot 
  

   Key.Olark 
  to 
  a 
  prominent 
  physician 
  to 
  my 
  surprise 
  he 
  did 
  nOt 
  scout 
  ana 
  

   ridicule 
  the 
  tale, 
  but 
  expressed 
  himself 
  as 
  interested 
  in 
  it 
  and 
  deemed 
  

   the 
  remedy 
  as 
  possible 
  and 
  probable. 
  

  

  Helena, 
  Montana. 
  F. 
  D. 
  KelSEY. 
  

  

  CURRENT 
  LITERATURE. 
  

  

  Australian 
  AlKse.i 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  various 
  contributions 
  to 
  the 
  geographical 
  distribution 
  of 
  

   the 
  Fresh-water 
  Algae, 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  given 
  by 
  the 
  author, 
  this 
  work 
  

   ranks 
  as 
  the 
  most 
  complete 
  and 
  comprehensive 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  Aus- 
  

   tralian 
  Flora. 
  The 
  work 
  is 
  based 
  upon 
  a 
  collection 
  made 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Berg- 
  

   gren 
  during 
  his 
  stay 
  in 
  that 
  country 
  during 
  the 
  years 
  1874 
  and 
  1 
  875. 
  

  

  After 
  giving 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  papers 
  hitherto 
  published 
  upon 
  this 
  

   subject, 
  the 
  author 
  enumerates 
  about 
  300 
  species 
  (with 
  exclusion 
  of 
  Uie 
  

   Uiatoms), 
  of 
  which 
  26 
  have 
  been 
  described 
  as 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  science, 
  besides 
  

   several 
  new 
  varieties 
  and 
  subspecies. 
  

  

  In 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  geographical 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  in 
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