1849.] Bigelow on the Medical Botany of Ohio. 23 



Said to be ophthalmic and nervine. A teaspoonful of 

 the dried root powdered is used in epilepsy and convulsions 

 of children; often united to valerian. [Rafinesque, 243.] 



Order XXXIL— AQUJFOLIACEiE. [Holly Family.] 

 Sp. 1 1 4. Ilex opaca. Ait. 

 Com. name — American Holly. Tree 20° — 40° high, ever- 

 green; red. — June. 



Powerful diuretic; much used in domestic practice. [Rafin- 

 esque Med. Flor. 2nd vol. 8.] 



Sp. 115. Prinos l.£vigatus. Pursh. 



Com. name — Smooth Winter Berry. Shrub 4° — 8° high ; 

 leaves thin V — 2' long. — June. 



These plants with the P. Vcrticillatus, are frequently used in 

 domestic practice. They appear to be active in their proper- 

 ties; but little however, is known of them in the profession. 



Order XXXIII.— PRIMULACE^. [Primrose Family.] 

 Tribe I. Primula. [Primrose Family.] 

 Sp. 116. LrsiMAcniA quadrifolia. Linn. 

 Com. names — Four-leaved Loose Strife, Crosswort. Plant 

 perennial 1° high. — June. 



Sub astringent, stomachic, expectorant; used in tea for colds, 

 coughs and agues, &c. [Rafinesque Med. Flor. 2d, 240.] 



Orter XXXIV.— BIGNONIACE^E. [ Trumpet Flower Family.] ; 

 Sp. 117. Catalpa bignonioides. Walt. 



Com. names — Catawba, IndianBean. Cultivated ornamen- 

 tal tree, 20°— 40° high.— July. 



Said to have a vermifuge bark and emetic wood. A decoc- 

 tion of the pods has been recommended in pectoral complaints, 

 and the dried seeds smoked like tobacco, have proved useful in 

 asthma. [Griffith, Med. Bot., 1. c] 



Sp. 118. Tecoma radicans. Juss. Syn. Bignonia radicans. Linn. 



Com. names — Trumpet Creeper, Trumpet Flower, Virginian 

 Creeper. Woody vine, climbing to the tops of trees by root- 

 lets. Flowers orange and scarlet, showy. — July. 



Leaves acrid, depurative, mild, equivalent of Stillingia. — 

 [Rafinesque, 267.] 



Order XXXV.— SCROPHULARIACLLE. [Figwort Family,] 



Tribe I. Antirrhinide.*:. [Snap Dragon Tribe.] 



Sp. 119. Scrophularia nodosa. Linn. Syn. Scrophdaria marilan- 

 dica. Linn. S. Lanceolala. Pursh. 



Com. names — Common Figwort, Holmes Weed, Heal All. 



