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Order LI. — ARACE^E. {Indian Turnip Family.) 



Sp. 155. Peltandra virginica. Raf. Syn. Arum Virginicum. Linn. 

 Lecontia. Torr. Rensselceria. Beck. 



Com. names — Arrow Arum, Taraho, Wampee. Fresh roots 

 and seeds ; acrid, pungent, stimulant. Equivalent to Arum. 

 — (Rafinesque, Med. Flor. 2d. 257.) 



Order LIL— T YPHACEiE. ( Cat-tail Family.) 

 Sp. 156. Typha latifolia. Linn. 

 Com. names — Common Cat-tail, Reed Mace. Stem 4° — 5° 

 high ; leaves as long. Flowers in a long and very dense cyl- 

 indrical spike. — July. 



Sp. 157. Sparganium ramosum. Hudson. 



Com. name — Great Burr-Reed. Stem 2° or more high. — 

 Flowers collected in separate dense spherical heads. — July, 

 August. 



Roots, sub-astringent, febrifuge, esculent, yielding a fine 

 fecula, similar to Salep. — (Rafinesque, Med. Flor. 2d. 270.) 



I have known the roots made into a poultice for inflamed 

 breasts used with success. 



Order LIIL— ALISMACEyE. (Water Plantain Family.) 



Sp. 158. Sagittaria variabilis. Englm. 



Com. name — Arrow-head, Arrow-leaf, Wapata of Oregon. 



Esculent, yielding fecula like Arrow root. Roots, refrigerant, 



sub-astringent; useful, applied to feet for yaws, and dropsical 



legs. Leaves applied to breasts, dispel milk of nurses, like 



Ricinus. — (Rafinesque, Med. Flor. 2d. 259.) 



Order LIV.— ORCHID ACE.E. [Orchis Family.] 



Tribe I.— MALAXIDEA\ 



Sp. 159. Aplectrum hyemale. Nutt. 



Com. name — Putty root, Adam and Eve. Scape l°high; 

 leaf, large, oval; many, nerved and plicate. Flowers, dingy, 

 greenish-purple. — May, June. 



Yields a very viscid juice when inspissated by boiling, 

 good cement for glass. 



Tribe II.— OPHRYDELE. 

 Sp. 160. Platanthera orbiculata. Lindl. 

 Com. name — Large Round-leaved Orchis. Scape 1° — 2° 

 high. Flowers, pedicelled, spreading, greenish-white. — July. 

 Leaves large, soft and fleshy, forming an excellent dressing 

 for blisters. 



