484 Mr. Cutler's Account of indigenous Vegetables, 



Barren florets numerous ; entire ; white. — Fertile florets small ; 

 yellow. They stand in a broad-topped spike. The blossoms 

 are durable after they are taken off. It makes a pretty appear- 

 ance in flower borders. In high, rich pastures. Aug. — Oct. 



COREOPSIS. Linn. Gen. Plant. 879. 



Coreopsis foliis pinnatis serratis, radio florum diver stcolore. 

 Syst. Nat. ' 



MEADOW CUCKOLD. Blossoms yellow, red, and white. In 

 wet meadows. August. 



MONOGAMIA. 

 LOBELIA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 897. 

 Lobelia caule erecto, foliis lanceolato-linearibus obtusiusculis al- 

 ternis integerritnis, racemo terminali, Syst. Nat. 



SPINET. Blossoms blue. In moist grass land. June — July. 



Lobelia caule erecto, foliis lanceolatis serratis spica terminali. 

 Syst. Nat. 



AMERICAN PRIDE. Blossoms scarlet. Borders of brooks 

 and rivers. August. 



Lobelia. 



EMETICWEED. The leaves oblong ; slightly serrated ; ses- 

 sile ; alternate ; on the upper surface numerous tubercles. Stems 

 branched. Blossoms solitary ; in a kind of spike ; pale blue. 

 Common in dry fields. August. 



The leaves chewed in the mouth are, at first, insipid, but 

 soon become pungent, occasioning a copious discharge of saliva. 

 If they are held in the mouth for some time, they produce 

 giddiness and pain in the head, with a trembling agitation of 

 the whole body : at length they bring an extreme nausea and 

 vomiting. The taste resembles that of tarter emetic. A plant 



possessed 



