8 MEDICINAL PLANTS 



tiperiodic, anthelmintic. Bark should be collected during winter — 

 dose 3j. to 3 ij. pulverized. Taste pungent, aromatic, bitter. Dr. 

 Emmet discovered in the bark of this tree a new principle which he 

 called Liriodendrine, solid, brittle, and inodorous at 40°, fusible at 

 180°, and volatile at 270° F. Soluble in alcohol, consists of a resin 

 and volatile oil. Infusion best form of administration. 



This article has been used with success in intermittents, dyspepsia, 

 chronic rheumatism, and wherever a mild stimulant tonic is indicated. 

 These two genera are all that are embraced in this order that belong 

 to our state, and the same virtues belong to both. 



Anonacle, Juss. — (Custard-apple Tribe.) 



The order Anonacle (Custard-Apple Tribe) furnishes but one 

 plant indigenous to our state, viz., Uvaria Triloba, which is found 

 in Monroe, Niagara, and Chautauque counties. It occurs as a shrub or 

 tree from 6 to 10 feet high, with a smooth grayish bark, slender 

 branches, and leaves 6 to 8 inches long, 2.'o to 2 l 2 inches wide, on short 

 petioles ; flowers purple, mixed with yellow ; fruit oval, 2 to 3 inches 

 long, and yellowish. The medical properties of this plant have not 

 been tested in this country; but they deserve investigation, from the 

 fact that the same genus in Java, possesses powerfully-stimulating, 

 aromatic properties, and the same probably belong to it here. 



Menispeumace;e, Juss. 



The Cocculus or Moonseed Tribe, includes the Cocculus indicus ; 

 the Columbo; Pareira brava, etc. North America furnishes six, the 

 state of New York, one genus belonging to this order. They contain 

 narcotic, or bitter tonic properties, or both combined. * 



Menispermum* Canadense, Linn., (Canadian Moonseed). Not an 

 uncommon plant in this state ; found on the banks of rivers, woods, 

 and in thickets. It is a climbing plant, and the root possesses very 

 valuable tonic and diuretic properties. In Virginia, it is employed ex- 

 tensively by physicians and in domestic practice, as a substitute for 

 sarsaparilla in scrofulous and other chronic affections ; as an alterative. 

 Deserves further trial. 



Berberidaceje, R. Brown. 



The Barberry Tribe furnishes four genera in our state, all of 

 them possessing valuable medicinal properties, viz., Berberis, Leon- 

 tice, Podophyllum, and Jeffersonia. 



BERBERisf vulgaris, Linn., (Common Barberry). A shrub, 3 



* From mene, the moon, and sperma seed ; the seeds being lunate. 

 1" Berberys, the Arabic name of the plant. 



