23 A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, fyc. 



S. Disp., 717 ; Ed. & Vav., Mat. Med., 345 ; Pe. Mat. Med. II., 

 603; Alibert Elemens. de Therap. t. I., 452; Big. Am. Med. 

 Bot. III., 20; Du Fresnoi, quoted in Ann. of Med., IV., 182 & 

 V., 483; Med. and Phys.. Journ. I., 308, VI., 273, & X., 486 ; 

 Trous. et Pid. Traite de Therap. t. I., 524 ; Journ. de Chim. 

 Med. Juin., 1825 ; Duncan's Disp., 294, Cit. in Big.; Me. & de 

 L. Diet., de Mat. Med. t. VI., 78. It produces in those who 

 come into its vicinity, an erysipelatous inflammation. The juice, 

 which exudes on plucking the stem, makes a good indelible ink. 

 The bruised leaves of the collinsonia canadensis, (which also 

 grows in S. C.,) are employed for the eruptions caused by the 

 emanations from the poisonous sumacs. A French writer testi- 

 fies to the efficacy of this plant, in homoepathic doses, in all the 

 diseases of the skin. See the Diet, de Mat. Med. 



R. venenata.— Me. & de L, Diet., de Mat. Med., t. VI., 82 ; 

 Dudley Phil. Trans., Abr. VI., 507; Sherard ditto, 508 ; Kalm's 

 Travels, I., 77 ; Marshall Arbusts, 130 ; Cutler Am. Acad. 427 ; 

 Big. Am. Med. Bot. I., 86 ; Bart. Coll. 24; Thacher's Disp., 

 321 ; Cit. in Big., see R. Vernix ; Nouv. Journ. de Med. XV., 43. 

 It causes the body of one who comes in contact with it, to swell 

 enormously, some are even affected by breathing the atmosphere 

 around it. 



R. toxicodendron, (Poison Ash.) — Trous. et. Pid., Traite de 

 Therap. t. I., 524; Bell's Pract Diet., 453; Eb. Mat. Med. II, 

 116; Pe Mat. Med. II., 603 ; Ed. & Vav. Mat. Med., 345 ; U. 

 S. Disp., 718 ; Ball. & Gar., 241 ; Royle Mat. Med. 331 ; Ber- 

 £ii Mat. Med. I., 248 ; Me. et de L. Diet, de Mat. Med. t. VI., 

 78; Orfila Toxicologic gen. 1, 45; Ann. de Chim. XXXV., 

 186 ; An. Journ. de Med. LXXX., 136. Stimulant and narco- 

 tic in paralysis and herpes ; of the former disease, 17 cases are 

 reported by one physician to have been successfully treated by 

 it. The verbena urticifolia, also growing in St. John's, is an 

 antidote for poisoning by this plant. 



Rubits villosns, (High black berry.)— Pe. Mat. Med. II., 453; 

 Ed. & Vav., Mat. Med., 134 ; Eb. Mat. Med. I., 386 ; U. S. Disp. 

 603-4; Royle Mat. Med., 374; Ball. & Gar., M. Med., 267; 

 Big. Am. Med. Bot. II., 160; Chap. Therap. II, 474; Thach- 

 er's Disp., 341 ; Lind. Nat. Sys., 144; Bart. II.. 157. Used in 

 cholera infantum. The "English physician," (see Magnolia 

 glauca) says of one of the genus rubus, "either the decoction or 

 powder of the root being taken, is good to break or drive forth 

 gravel, and the stone in the reins and kidneys." "The berries 

 of the flowers are a powerful remedy against the poison of the 

 most venomous serpents ! !" p. 48. 



R. trivialis, (Creeping black berry.) — Watson's Pract. Physic. 

 820 ; Pe. Mat. Med. II., 543 ; U. S. Disp., 603 ; Royle Mat. Med. 

 375 ; Chap, on diseases of Abdom. and Thorac. Viscera, 279 ; 



