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



Sp. 129. Lamium amplexicaule. Linn. 



Com. names — Dead Nettle, Henbit. Annual herbs, decum- 

 bent; corolla purple. Naturalized, waste places. — May, Oct. 



Said to be corroborant, cephalic, sudorific and laxative. — 

 (Rafinesque, Med. Flor. 235.) 



Order XXXVII .— PQLEMONIACE.E. (Greek Valerian Family.) 

 Sp. 130. Polemohidm reptans. Linn. 



Com. names — False Jacob's Ladder, Greek Valerian, Sweat 

 Root. Perennial, low branching, but not creeping ; flowers 

 nodding, blue. — May. 



I have known this plant used as an expectorant in domestic 

 practice. Riddell says the steam doctors use it as sudorific. — 

 (Syn. West. Flor. 68.) 



Order XXXVIII.— CONVOLVULACE^E. (Scammony Family .) 

 Sp. 131. Convolvulus arvensis. Linn. 



Com. name — Bind Weed. Stem procumbent or twining. — 

 A troublesome naturalized weed. — June. 



This, with several other species are common, and belong to 

 an active family. 



Sp. 132. Cuscuta glomerata. Chois and C, Chlorocarpa. Engl. 



Com. name — Dodder, American Dodder. 



Leafless annual herbs, with reddish or yellow thread like 

 twining stems, at length parasitic. 



These, and several other species of the genus, have very 

 generally been confounded under the term of C. Americana. 



Rafinesque says they are bitterish, sub-astringent, stomachic, 

 febrifuge and anti-scrofulous. Useful in decoction for agues 

 and scrofula. (Med. Flor., Vol. II, p. 214.) 



Order XXXIX.— GENTIANACEiE. (Gentian Family.) 



Sp. 133. GrENTIANA QUINQUEFLORA. Lam. 



Com. name — Five Flowered Gentian. Annual, 1° — 2° high; 

 corolla light purplish-blue; 1' long nearly. — Aug. Sept. 



Sp. 134. Gentiana crinita. Froel. 

 Com. name — Fringed Gentian. Biennial? Plants 1° — 2° 

 high ; corolla sky-blue, 2' long, showy. — Sept. 

 Both highly tonic, but much neglected plants. 



Order XL.— ASCLEPIADACE.E. (Milk Weed Family.) 



Sp. 135, Asclepias sullivantii. Englm. 

 Com. names— Smooth Milk Weed, Silk Weed. 3°— 4° high. 

 —July. 



