286 ' ‘WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
Stem 15-40 or 50 feet high, and 6-12 inches (in some rare instances, near 2 feet) in 
diameter, braackene; 2 young branches yellowish and pubescent. ves 3-5 ee 
shores we “ + h 
inch to an inch long. Flowers from the same buds, and contemporaneous ith the leaves. 
ao ob! a rather obtuse, pale, green nish-yell ow. id-obl 
Canada to Florida. Fl. April. Fy. September. 
Pg The bark of this well-known small tree is a powerful, yet pleas- 
ant, aromatic stimulant, and , Masi valuable maticeal properties ; 
— acquired for - at an early day, in Europe, an exaggerated repu- 
usion of the roots, or baie of the roots, makes an excel- 
Tent di diet pe The pith of the young branches contains much mu ucilage, 
and is make a wash for inflamed eyes. e learn, also, from 
MicHavx’s Sylua, that bed steads made of the wood “ are never infested 
‘with insects;” which circumstance—to adopt the’ lanbudie’ of the 
Gazettes—is hepaborsar: “important, if true,”—and well worthy of notice. 
2: ne bare a Nees. Frver-busu. 
[A d from the Arabic,—expressive of perfume.] 
Flowers polygamo-dicec Sepals 6, connected at base. 
Stamens 9, in three were hn innermost lobed at the summit, and 
d-bearin t the base; anthers 2-celled. Puistm.ate Ft., with 
15-18 alternating filiform and spatulate rud pe 
oval ; peduncle not clavate Shrubs with yell Hsdiiet in see lateral 
na B. ae Nees. Leaves eaten, mostly acute, often 
cuneate at base ; drupe red, or finally dark purple. 
Oporirerovus Benzorx. Spice-wood. Wild rear Fetcbpislainee 
Stem 6-8 or 10 feet high ; branches virgate, brittle. sas, 2-4 inches long, mostly 
acute or with a short acumination (sometimes obtuse and Teds boy at apex) ; 
about half an inch lo: Flowers in involucrate clusters of 3 ° from a bud, on "pedicels 
1-2 lines Jong i, flower: baits distinct from af-buds 5 gente a flower-bud on each 
side of the leaf. Sepals gr’ vabetaaga borin sc byes hy obtu 
a t rich lo grounds ; borders of thickets, &c. Canada to Flo ris, Fl. April. Fr. 
Obs. This j is a strongly aromatic shrub. In early times—before Phy- 
— were SO numerous—an infusion of the brittle spicy twigs was 
uch used as a popular remedy, and even as a preventive, of the 
which attacked the first settlers ; but "t is now aoe prese ribed as @ 
diet-drink for sickly cows, in the spring of the year. 
Orper LXI. LORANTHA’CEZ. (Misrieror ees 
bce ganda parasitic on trees, having mi entire thick leaves cone 
F spree oe 
and moneecious or dieecious in Fi sige cater n-like jointed spikes. 
fertile flowers) am gaye to the ovary ; border obsolete or 3-4-toothed. 
as the calyx-lobes. Fruit a l-seeded berry. Embryo small in mucilagir 
Chiefly tropical plants. The Mistletoe of Europe is Viscum album. _ 
