8 A Medico- Botanical Catalogue of Plants, fyc. 



termittent fevers, attended with dropsical swellings — loc. cit. 

 Employed as a tonic in domestic practice on the plantations. 



Alnus serulata, (Alder.) — Shec. Fl. Carol., 273 ; see Betula 

 alnus, (op. cit.) Used as an alterative in scrofula. 



Ambrosia artemisifolia. — Mer. et DeL. Diet, de Mat. Med., 

 t. I., 227. 



Amaryllis atamasco, (Atamasco lily.) — Ell. Bot., I.. 384: sup- 

 posed to produce the disease in cattle called 'staggers.' 



Anagallis arve?isis, (Red chickweed.) — U. S. Disp.. 1227, 

 app. ; Le. Mat. Med., I., 80 ; Mer. & DeL. Diet, de Mat. Med., t. 

 I., 276; Woodv. Med. Bot. Orfila Toxicologic, II., 275; Mem. 

 Acad. Royal de Med., 18, Mars. An., 1826. In repute as a 

 remedy for the bite of the viper. Shec. Fl. Carol., 151 — "Posses- 

 ses sudorific, vulnerary, anti-epileptic and anti-hydrophobic vir- 

 tues." Lind. Nat. Syst. of Bot., 224— "Really possesses highly 

 energetic powers : for Orfila destroyed a dog by making him 

 swallow three drachms of the extract." Op. cit. Woodville 

 states that it is acrid and poisonous. Used as a local application 

 in ill-conditioned ulcers, and internally in visceral obstructions, 

 dropsy, epilepsy and mania. 



Andromeda mariana. — U- S. Disp., 1228, app.; Mer. & DeL. 

 Diet, de Mat. Med., t. L, 289 ; Coxe Am. Disp., 84 ; Shec. FJ. 

 Carol., 156. Employed in domestic practice: remedy for her- 

 pes, &c. ; as a wash for ulcers to which negroes are liable. 



A?id-nitida, (Sorrel tree, Male whortle-berry.) — Ell. Bot. Med., 

 note I., 483. A decoction of leaves used in the cure of itch. 



And-aruorea, (Sorrel tree.) — U. S. Disp., app. 1227. Leaves, 

 when chewed, allay thirst. 



And speciosa.— U . S. Disp., app. 12SS. Said to be a powerful 

 errhine. 



Apoynum cannabinnm, (Indian hemp.) — Pe. Mat. Med., II., 

 365; jour, of Phil. Coll. of Pharm., V., 136; Am. Jour of Med. 

 Science, XII., 55 ; Dr. Griscom, in Op. cit., U. S: Dis., 10S; Am. 

 Med. Rev., III., 197; Bell Pract. Diet, of Mat. Med., 61: Ball. & 

 Gar. Mat. Med., 333; Merat & DeL. Diet: de Mat. Med., t. I., 

 368. Used in domestic practice in St. John's ; called, by the 

 negroes, Gen'l. Marion's weed, from its having been a favorite 

 remedial agent in his camp; a powerful emetic and cathartic; 

 promotes diaphoresis and expectoration. "Decoction acted as a 

 powerful hydragogue cathartic, and completely cured an aggra- 

 vated case of ascites." 



Arachis hypog-ea, (Ground nut.) — Shec. Fl. Carol., 191. Said 

 to possess aphrodisiac properties. "English Physician," by Nich. 

 Culpepper, p. 85. 



Aralia spinosa, (Prickly ash, Hercules club of the negroes.) — 

 Ch. Mat Med., 11,231 ; Fr. Elems., 20; Ell. Bot., 373 ; Mer. & 

 DeL. Diet, de Mat. Med., t.I. 3 379 ; Coxe Am. Disp., 100: Shec 



