botanically arranged. 433 



The whole plant is sufficiently acrimonious to erode the skin. 

 But Dr. Withering says, some ladies know how to mix the 

 juice with milk, so as to make it an innocent and safe application 

 to remove freckles and sunburn. The juice will destroy warts 

 and corns. If the juice be put into a strainer, through which 

 the warm milk from the cow is poured,- and the milk set by 

 for a day or two to become acescent, it acquires a consistancy 

 and tenacity — neither the whey nor the cream will separate. 

 In this state it is used by the inhabitants in the north of Sweden, 

 and called an extremely grateful food. 



HEXANDRIA. 



MONOGYNIA. 

 PONTEDERIA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 361. 

 Pontederia foliis cordatis, floribus spicatis. Syst. Nat. 

 PICKERELWEED. Blue Spike. Blossoms blue. Common 

 on the borders of ponds and rivers. July. 



LILIUM. Linn. Gen. Plant. 371. 



Lilium foliis verticillatis, floribus reflexis, corollis revolutis. 

 Syst. Nat. 



MAE TAG ON. Curl-flowered Lily. Blossoms yellow, spotted 

 with black. In Taunton, and very common in the state of 

 Rhode-Island. July — August. 



Lilium foliis verticillatis, floribus reflexis, corollis campanulatis. 

 Syst. Nat. 



YELLOW LILY. Blossoms yellow, with black spots. Com- 

 mon in meadows. July — August. 



Lilium foliis verticillatis, flore erecto, corolla campanulata. 

 Syst. Nat. 



Ggg RED LILY. 



