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TILIACEJS; GERANIACE.E. 



Latin Names. 

 Callirrhoe, Nutt. 

 C. digitata, Nutt., . 

 *C. pedata, T. & Gr., 

 Gossypium, L., 

 G. herbaceum, L , . 



English Names. 



Geologl Station. Natural Habitat. 

 Limestone, . Rocky, open places. 



Cotton. 



S. spinosa. L., 

 Abutilon, Tourn., . 

 A. Avicenna?, Gart. 3 



Indian Mallow. 

 Velvet-leaf, 



Sand, 



. Cultivated. 



. Dry sterile places. 



. Waste places, &c. Introd. 



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Tilia, L., 



T. Americana, L., . 



? T. alba, Mich., . 



Tiliacese. 1 Linden Family. 



. Basswood. 



Limestone, . Banks. 



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Melia, L., 



M. azedarach, L. 2 



Linum, L , . 



L. Virginianum, L , 



L. perenne, L., 



Meliacese. Bead- Tree Family. 

 Pride of India. 



Linaceae. 3 Flax Family. 



Flax. 

 Wild flax, 



Sandy, . . Borders of prairies. 

 Limestone, . Prairies. 



Oxalis, L., 

 0. violacea, L., 

 0. stricta, L., 



Oxalidaceae. 4 Wood-Sorrel Family. 



Wood sorrel. 



Violet wood sorrel, . Sandstone, . Rocky woods. 



Yellow wood sorrel, .... Cultivated ground. 



Geraniacese. Cranesbill Family. 



Geranium, L., . . Cranesbill. 



G. maculatum, L., 5 . Wild Cranesbill, 



? G. Carolinianum, L., . 



Sandy, 



Thickets and prairies. 

 Barren places. 



1 The plants of this family have nearly the same properties as the Mallows. The bark of the Basswood 

 is used for making ropes and coarse cloth. Its wood is soft, white. The fruit has been prepared for 

 making chocolate. The tea of the flowers an edulcent, cooling, and valuable drink. 



2 The fruit of this tree, which is cultivated as ornament, is said to be poisonous, though eaten by birds 

 and children. Used as a vermifuge. Its pulp, says Michaux, is good against scurfy sickness. A decoc- 

 tion of the bark as tea is vermifuge and also purgative. Used for intermittent fevers. 



3 Plants of this family are known by the use of the fibres of the stems. The seeds of the common 

 Flax (Li)ium usitatissimum, L.) are emollient as cataplasm, and yield a valuable oil. The Cotton has 

 banished the Flax from the Southern States. 



4 All the species of this family contain a considerable quantity of oxalate of potash, which gives to the 

 plants an agreeable taste and cooling, laxative properties. 



5 Plant with short, branching stems, leaves cut in three or five divisions, large purplish flower, and 

 long-beaked capsule. Much used as family medicine. Root (collected in autumn) astringent, without 

 bitter taste, useful in diarrhoea, children cholera, loss of blood, stone in the bladder. 



