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MEDICINAL PLANTS OF NEW-YORK. 



NATURAL ORDERS, 



CONTAINING MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



1. Ranunculaceae, 



2. Magnoliaceae, 



3. Anonaciae, 



4. Berberidacae, 



5. Nympheaceae, 



6. Papavaraceae, 



7. Fumariaceae, 



8. Cruciferae, 



9. Violaceae, 



10. Hypericaceae, 



11. ( aryophyllaceae, 



12. Malvaceae, 



13. Linaceae, 



14. Geraniaceae, 



15. Oxalidaceae, 



16. Balsaminaceae, 



17. Anacardiaceae, 



18. Xanthoxylaceae, 



19. Hippocastinaceae, 



20. Celastraceae, 



21. Rhamnaceae, 



22. Vitaceae, 



23. Polygalaceae, 



24. Leguminosae, 



25. Rosaceae, 



26. Lythraceae, 



27. Onagraceae, 



28. Saxifragaceae, 



29. Hamamelidaceae, 



30. Umbelliferae, 



31. Araliaceae, 



32. Cabombaceae, 



33. Caprifoliaceae, 



34. Compositae, 



35. Rubiaceae, 



36. Valerianaceae, 



37. Lobeliaceae, 



38. Ericaceae, 



39. Aquifoliaceae, 



No. of 





No. of 



Species 



• 



Speciea 



38 



40. Ebenaceae, 



1 



3 



41. Plantaginaceae, 



6 



1 



42. Plumbaginaceae, 



1 



4 



43. Orobanchaceae, 



3 



3 



44. Bignoniaceae, 



1 



2 



45. Scrophulariaceae, 



38 



7 



46. Verbenaceae, 



5 



31 



47. Labiatae, 



45 



16 



48. Boraginaceae, 



14 



10 



49. Solanaceae 



8 



25 



50. Gentianaceae, 



16 



8 



51. Apocynaceae 



2 



2 



52. Asclepiadaceae, 



10 



5 



53. Oleaceae, 



4 



3 



54. Aristolochiaceae, 



3 



1 



55. Chenopodiaceae, 



17 



6 



56. Polygonaceae, 



22 



2 



57. Phytolaccaceae, 



1 



1 



58. Lauraceae, 



2 



4 



59. Thymelaceae, 



1 



4 



60. Ulmaceae, 



4 



5 



61. Euphorbiaceae, 



8 



7 



62. Juglandiaceae, 



6 



59 



63. Cupuliferae, 



22 



51 



64. Myricaceae, 



3 



5 



.^5. Betulaceae, 



9 



24 



.,^6. Salicaceae, 



25 



8 



67. Urticaceae, 



10 



1 



68. Coniferae, 



14 



30 



69. Araceae, 



7 



5 



70. Alismaceae, 



7 



1 



71. Iridaceae, 



3 



24 



72. Smilaceae, 



14 



160 



73. Liliaceae # 



12 



13 



74. Melanthaceae, 



10 



2 



75. Filices, 



41 



7 



42 



6 



Total, 



1020 



We thus have seventy-five natural orders containing medici- 

 nal plants, including 1020 species, a part of which only are yet known 

 to possess remedial properties. We have also fifty-one orders, 

 which include no very active medicinal plants, embracing 462 species. 

 Many of these, however, as the Grass and Cypress tribe, embrace 

 genera of a medicinal character. 



