20 A Medico- Botanical Catalogue of Plants, eye. 



sena.)-Ell. II., 6S0 ; U. S. Disp. 1263, App. ; Me. & de Le. 

 Diet, de Mat. Med. t. III., 591 ; see I. vom. A decoction from 

 the leaves, called the Black drink, was employed by the Indians ; 

 it is a mild emetic. The Diet. Mat. Med. says it is powerfully 

 diuretic, used in calculus, nephritic diseases and gout. There 

 may be some doubt about the identity of the plant. 



J. opaca. U. S. Disp. 1263, App. 



Impatiens noli tangere. U. S. Disp, 1264. A dangerous 

 plant possessed of acrid properties ; when taken internally it acts 

 as an emetic, cathartic and diuretic. 



Indigophera caroliniana. Not inferior says Nuttal to the 

 cultivated indigo. 



Ipomea nil, (Convolvulus of some botanists.) — Me. & de L. 

 Diet, de Mat. Med. t. IV., 409. Root employed as a purgative 

 by the ancients. 



Iris versicolor, (Blue flag.) — U. S. Disp. 405; Coxe's Am. 

 Disp. 354 ; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot. 333 ; Big. Am. 'Med. Bot. 

 155 ; Bartram's Travels, 451 ; Cutler Mem. Am. Acad. 405, 6, 

 cit in Big. Ell. Bot. I., 45 ; Me. & de L. Diet, de Mat. Med. t, 

 III., 659. Of decided diuretic powers, the base of a popular and 

 valubable receipt for dropsy. See Fr. Elems., 279. Dr. Mc- 

 Bride held it in high estimation, and extended the use of it in 

 St. John's. It was one of the remedies derived from the Indians, 

 • Juniperus virginiana, (Cedar.) — Pe. Mat. Med. II., 184 ; Fr. 

 Elems. 195; U. S. Disp., 413; Bier. Am. Med. Bot. III., 49; 

 Diet, de Mat. Med. t. III., 698; Michaux's N. Amer. Sylvia. III., 

 221; Am. Journ. Pharm. XIV., 235; Thacher's Disp. 247; 

 Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot. 316. It exerts effects similar to those of 

 savin. Leaves have been successfully employed as an emmena- 

 gogue, and as a stimulant and diaphoretic in rheumatism. Big. 

 loc. cit. The cedar apple possesses anthelmintic properties. 



Kalmia latifolia, (Calico bush.) — Drayton's View. S, C. 69 ; 

 U. S. Disp., 1269; Ell. Bot. I., 481; Big. Am, Med. Bot. I., 

 133; Kalm's Travels I., 335 ; Bart. Coll. to Mat. Med. 1,18, 

 48 and II., 26 ; Thacher's Disp., 247 ; Thomas' Inaugural Diss. 

 cit. in Big. 



Lactuca elongata, (Wild lettuce.) — IT. S. Disp., 421 ; Annu- 

 aire de Therap. An. 1843; Woodv. Med. Bot. 75, 31; see L 

 virosa op. cit. Me. & de L. Diet, de Mat. Med. t. IV., 10. Simi- 

 lar in properties to L. virosa. 



Laurus benzoin, (Spice bush.) — Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot., 201 ; 

 U. S. Disp., 1233 ; Bart., 295. Used in intermittent fever. A 

 highly aromatic shrub. 



L. Sassafras, (Sassafras.)— Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 341 ; U. 

 S. Disp., 640; Dray. View. S. C, 68; Bell's Pract. Die, 411 ; 

 Eb. Mat. Med. II., 230; Royle Mat. Med., 518 ; Pe. Mat. Med. 

 & Therap, II., 253 ; Cull, Mat, Med. II., 200 and 579 ; Big. Am, 



