botanically arranged. 491 



DIOECIA. 



DIANDRIA. 

 SALIX. Linn. Gen. Plant. 976. 



The White Willow. The Red Willow. The Rose Willow. 

 The Dogwood. The Osier. 



An account is given, in the Transactions of the Royal Soci- 

 ety, (vol. liii. p. 195) by the Rev. Mr. Stone, of the great 

 efficacy of white willow bark in curing intermitting fevers. He 

 gathered the bark in summer, when it was full of sap ; — dried 

 it by a gentle heat, and gave a dram of it powdered, every four 

 hours betwixt the fits. In a few obstinate cases he mixed it 

 with one fifth part of Peruvian bark. Some judicious physi- 

 cians, here, have made trial of the bark of the white willow, 

 and recommend it as a valuable substitute for the Peruvian bark. 

 They have used principally the bark of the roots. 



HEXANDRIA. 

 SMILAX. Linn. Gen. Plant. 992. 

 Smilax caule inernii tereti, foliis inermibus : caulinis cordatis, 

 rameis ovato-oblongis ? Syst. Nat. 



BIND- WEED. Bramble. Blossoms greenish white. Berries 

 black. In moist hedges. June. 



OCTANDRIA. 



POPULUS. Linn. Gen. Plant. 996. 



The White Poplar. The Trembling Poplar, or Aspen Tree. 



The Black Poplar, commonly called, in the northern states, the 



Balm 0/ Gilead. 



POLYANDRIA. 



CLIFFORTIA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 1004. 



Cliffortia foliis ternatis : intermedia tridentato. Syst. Nat. 



THREE-LEAVED CLIFFORTIA. Snake-weed. In moist land. 



May — June. 



O o o 2 POLYGAMIA. 



