1849.] Bigelow on the Medical Botany of Ohio. 29 



Leaves may be substituted for /. regia. Fleshy pericarp ; 

 acrid, stimulant. Good in herpetic eruptions. 



Order XLIX.— SALIC ACEtE. ( Willow Family.) 

 Sp. 149. Salix alba. Linn. Syn. S. Viellina. Smith. 

 Com. name— White Willow. Introduced, 50°— 80° high.— 

 May, June. 



Sp. 150. Salix humilis. Marshall. 



Com. names — Low Bush Willow, Speckled Willow. Shrub 

 3° — 8° high; catkins appearing before the leaves. 



It is pretty well decided, that Salicine is not an equivalent 

 of Quinine, and 1 can readily imagine, that in our anxiety to 

 discover a cheap substitute for Quinine, in this and other sub- 

 stances, we may overlook qualities, valuable, if properly di- 

 rected. 



Sp. 151. POPULUS CANDICANS. Ait. 



Com. name — Balm of Gilead Poplar. A large tree. Aments 

 long and drooping; appearing before the leaves. 



We have four or five species of these trees, and from the 

 fact of their yielding Salicine, as well as a peculiar principle 

 termed by Braconnot Populi?ie, I think they deserve more ex- 

 tensive and accurate observations. 



Order L.— URTICACE.E. (Nettle Family.) 

 Tribe I.— MORE.*]. (Mulberry Tribe.) 

 Sp. 152. Morus rubra. Linn. 

 Com. names — Black Mulberry, Wild Mulberry. A small, 

 tree, ripening its blackberry like fruit in July. Flowers fre- 

 quently diascious. — May. 



Bark, vermifuge. Said by Rafinesque to expel taenia. — 

 (Med. Flor. Vol, II. p. 243) 



Tribe II.— URTICE^E. (Nettle Tribeproper.) 

 Sp. 153. Pilea pumila. Gray. 

 Com. names — Cool-weed, Rich-weed. Plant 4' — 18' high, 

 annual ; the smooth stems pellucid. — July, Sept. 



As a wash, they cure the topical poison of Rhus. Its pecu- 

 liar, grateful strong smell, indicates other properties. (Rafin- 

 esque, Med. Flor. 2, 186.) 



Sp. 154. Parietaria penxsyvanica. Muhl. 



Com. name — American Pellitory. A small, homely, annual 

 weed. — June, Aug. 



Juice or decoction used as diuretic, deobstruent, mena- 

 gogue, in gravel, nephritis, suppressions and obstructions. — 

 (Rafinesque, Med. Flor. 2d, 250.) 



