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Tbibe III— ARETHUSE^E. 

 Sp. 161. Arethusa bulbosa. Linn. 

 Com. name — Arethusa. Flower 1' — 2' long, very handsome. 

 Bruised bulbs, useful for toothache, and in cataplasms for tu- 

 mours. — [Shocpf.] [Rafinesque.] 



Tribe IV.— NEOTTIAJ3. 

 Sp. 172. Goodtera PUBESCENS. R. Br. 

 Com. names — Rattlesnake Plantain, Net Wort, Net Leaf, 

 Scrofula Weed. 



Used by empirics in scrofula, internally in decoction, extern- 

 ally by cataplasm. — (Rafinesque.) 



Tribe V.— CYPRIPEDE.E. 

 Sp. 163. CrPRiPEDiuM pubescens. Willd. 

 Com. name — Larger Yellow Lady's Slipper. Stem 2° high; 

 flower scentless. — May, June. 



Sp. 164. C. Spectabile. Swartz. 

 Com. name — Showy Lady's Slipper. Stem 2° high. Stout, 

 very leafy. Lip IV in diameter ; the most beautiful of the 

 genus. — July. 



Sp. 165. Cypripedium acaule. Ait. 



Com. names — Stemless Lady's Slipper, Moccasin Flower, 

 Nervine. Downy; scape, 8' — 12' high; lip, purple, sometimes 

 pale. 2' long, veiny. — May, June. 



Roots, employed by Indians and Steam doctors, under the 

 name of nervine, as a sedative and anti-spasmodic, in hysteria 

 chorea, and kindred diseases. Supposed to act like Valerian. 

 I have, however, seen it administered frequently, but could 

 never detect the slighest appreciable effect whatever. 



Order LV.— AMARYLLIDACE.E. {Amaryllis Family.) 

 Sp. 166. Htpoxys erecta. Linn. 



Com. name — Star-grass. Scape 4' — '6' high, 1 — 4 flowered, 

 yellow ; leaves, grass like. — July. 



Root edible, vulnerary and febrifuge. Used in chronic ulcers 

 and agues. — (Rafinesque, Med. Flor. Vol. II. p. 230.) 



OaDER LVL— IRIDACEiE. {Flower Be Luce Family.) 

 Sp. 167. Iris lacustris. Nutt. 

 Com. names — Dwarf-flag, Dwarf Lake Iris. Plants peren- 

 nial, 3'— 4' high in blossom, pale-blue. — May. 



Cathartic, diuretic and astringent. See /. versicolor for which 

 it is equivalent. 



