478 Mr. Cutler's Account of indigenous Vegetables, 



BIDENS. Linn. Gen. Plant. 840. 



Bidens foliis pinnatis serratis glabris, seminibus erectis, caly- 

 cibus frondosis, caule Icevi. Syst. Nat. 



HARVEST^LJCE. Cuckold. Blossoms yellow. In corn fields. 

 September. 



EUPATORIUM. Linn. Gen. Plant. 842. 



Eupatoriun foliis quaternis scabris lanceolato-ovatis incBqualiter 

 serratis petiolatis rugosis. Syst. Nat. 



LIVER-HEMP. Honesty. Hemp Agrimony . Blossoms pale red. 

 In moist land, by brooks and rivers. July — August. 



Dr. Withering says, an infusion of an handful of it, vomits 

 and purges smartly. An ounce of the root, in decoction, is a 

 full dose. In smaller doses the Dutch peasants take it as an al- 

 terative and an antiscorbutic. , 



Eupatorium foliis connatis tomentosis. Syst. Nat. 



THOROUGH- WAX. Blossoms white. In moist land. July — 

 August. 



The Bupleurum rotundifolium. Linn. The Perfoliata vulga-- 

 ris. Park, of the fifth class, is called Thorough-wax in Eng- 

 land. An infusion of the leaves is a powerful emetic. 



AGERATUM. Linn. Gen. Plant. 843. 

 Ageratum foliis ovatis crenatis obtusis, caule glabro. Syst. Nat. 

 MEAD O W SUNFL O WER. Blossoms yellow. In wet meadows. 

 September. 



ST^HELINA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 844. 

 Steshelina foliis subtrigonis, squamis calycinis crenatis. Syst. 

 Nat. 



PRICKLY DEVWs-BIT. Blossoms purple. On Winter-Hill 

 in Charlestown. July — August. 



POLYGAMIA 



