28 Bigelow on the Medical Botany of Ohio. [Nov. 



Order XLIV.— LORANTHACEjE. {Mistletoe Family.) 

 Sp. 142. Viscum flavescens. Pursh. 

 Com. name — Yellowish Mistletoe. Shrubby, parasitic 

 plants, on the trunks of old trees. — April. 



Given in tea or powder for epilepsy, vertigo, pleurisy dys- 

 entery, &c. By no means inert, although now neglected. — 

 (Rafinesque, Med. Flor. Vol. II, p. 275.) 



Order XLV.— ULMACEiE. (Elm Family.) 

 Sp. 143. Celtis occidentals. Linn. 

 Com. names — Sugar-berry, Hack-berry. A large tree, with 

 the aspect of an elm; drupes as large as bird cherries. — May. 

 Rafinesque says the bark is anodyne and cooling. The ber- 

 ries sweet and astringent. Useful in dvsentery. (Med. Flor. 

 Vol. II. 206.) 



Ordeii XL VI.— SAURURACE.E. (Lizzard's Tail Family) 

 Sp. 144. Saururus cernuus. Linn. 



Com. name — Lizzard's Tail. A perennial marsh herb 1° — 

 1£° high ; flowers white. Spike 3' — 6' long, drooping at the 

 end. — June. 



Rafinesque says it is useful in lumbago. (Med. Flor. 261.) 

 Little else known of it. 



Order XLVIL— EUPHORBIACEiE. (Spurge Family.) 

 Sp. 1 45. Euphorbia maculata. Linn. 

 Com. names — Spotted Spurge, Milk-purslane. Annual, 

 prostrate herbs. — June, Sept. 



Sp. 146. E. Hypericifolia. Linn. 



Com. name — Larger Spotted Spurge. Resembles the pre- 

 ceeding, but larger in all its parts. — July, Sept. 



These are very common plants, and belong to a well known 

 active Family, and I believe if properly investigated, would 

 be lound useful in a variety of diseases. 



Sp. 147. Acaltpha virginica. Linn. 



Com. name — Three Seedded Mercury. A homely weed 1° 

 — 2° high; common. — Aug. 



Expectorant, diuretic. — (Riddell, Syn. West. Flor. 30.) Little 

 also is known of it. 



Order XLVIII.—JUGLANDACEiE. (Walnut Family.) 

 Sp. 148. Julglans nigra. Linn. 

 Com. name — Black Walnut. Large, well known, valuable 

 tree, — May. Fruit, Oct. 



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