22 Bigelow on the Medical Botnny of Ohio. [Nov. 



Sp. 109. Vaccinium macrocarpon. Ait. Syn. Oxycoccus Macrocarpus. 



Pers. 



Com. name — Common American Cranberry. Stems trailing 

 2° — 3° long, corolla rose color. Berries light scarlet. 



Wood and Bache, I believe, hardly mention these plants, 

 yet the sweetened juice of these acidulous fruits, are peculiarly 

 cooling and grateful, in nearly all our malarial and inflamma- 

 tory fevers. 



Sub order II. Ericine^e. [True Healh Family.] 

 Sp. 110. Rhododendron maximum, Linn 



Com. names — Great Laurel, American Rose Bay. Shrub 

 6° — 20° high ; leaves 4' — 10' long; very thick evergreen. — 

 Flowers pale rose color, very ornamental. — July. 



Stimulant and astringent according to Bigelow, Barton and 

 Griffith. Rafinesque says the bark increases the heat of the 

 body, excites thirst, and increases the secretions and excretions. 

 Used for rheumatism and gout by the Indians. [Med. Flor. 

 256.] 



Sub order III. P^role^e. [Winter Green Family.] 



Sp. 111. Chimaphila maculata. Pursh. Syn. Pyrola Maculata 



Linn. 



Com. names— Spotted Pipsiseway, Spotted Wintergreen, 

 White Pipsiseway, King Cure, Ground Holly, Rheumatism 

 Weed. — June, July. 



This plant grows abundantly on our hills, and is a good sub- 

 stitute for C. Umbellata. Griffith, [Med. Bot. 423,] remarks 

 that there is a popular prejudice against this plant, so much 

 as to render the belief of its poisonous properties prevalent, 

 and he also asserts that Dr. Mitchell thinks that it is wholly 

 inert. Both of these prejudices are unfounded, for I have used 

 it freely, and believe it equal in every respect to its elegant 

 congener, which is not by any means too highly lauded. 



Sub order IV. Monotrope^e. [Indian Pipe Family] 

 Sp. 112. Hypopithts lanuginosa. Nutt. 



Com. name — American Pine Sap, False Beech Drops, Birds- 

 nest. Plant 4' — 10' high, velvety. — June, Aug. 

 Equivalent of Monotropa. 



Sp. 113. Monotropa uniflor a. Linn. 



Com. names — Indian Pipe, Ice Plant, Nest root, Fit root, 

 Pipe plant. Stem 4' — 8' high. Stem, leaves and flowers, all 

 white. — June, Aug. 



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