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Sp. 74. DlERVILLA TRIFIDA. MtBIlch. 



Com. name — Bush Honey Suckle. Flowers honey colored, 

 not showy. — June, Aug. 



It has been used as a diuretic in gonorrhoea and syphilis, 

 &c. — (Rafinesque, 216.) 



Tribe II.— SAMBUCEiE. {Elder Tribe.) 

 Sp, 75, Viburnum lentago. Linn. 



Com. names — Sweet Viburnum, Nannyberry. Tree 15° — 

 20° high ; very handsome. — May, June. 



Dr. Kreider says it has the reputation of curing intermit- 

 tents equal to cinchona. If such are its properties, it is time 

 for us to attend to it. 



Sp. 76. Viburnum dentatum. Linn. 



Com. names — Arrow Wood, Mealy Tree, Tily of the Indians. 

 Shrub 5° — 10° high; common. — June. 



Contains a peculiar fragrant oil. Bark used by the Indians 

 and Shakers as a diuretic. Used in decoction also to prevent 

 and remove cancerous affections. — (Rafinesque, 274.) 



Sp. 77. Viburnum prunifolium. Linn. 



Com. names — Black Haw, Sloe leaved Viburnum. Tree 

 like shrub, very handsome in flowers and foliage.— May. 

 Leaves used for tea in the south — (Rafinesque.) 



Order XXVII.— CORNACEtE. {Dogwood Family) 



Besides those well known, and represented in our Dispensa- 

 tories we have. 



Sp. 78. Cornus paniculata. L'Her. 



Com. name — Panicled Cornel. Shrub 4° — 8° high. — June, 

 Substitute for C. Florida. 



Sp. 79. Cornus stolonifera. Michx. Syn. C. Alba Wang. 

 Com. names — Osier Rou^e, Red Osier Cornel. 

 Forms large dense clumps 3° — 6° high 

 An infusion of the bark of the young twigs will allay vom- 

 iting.— (Riddell.) 



Order XXVIIL— RUBIACEiE. {Madder Family.) 



This, including its Sub orders, is one of the most important 

 in medical Botany: in the foreign representatives of which, 

 will be found Cinchona, Ipecacuanha, Coffee, and among our na- 

 tives Spigelia, &c. 

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