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LEGUMINOS.E ; ROSACEA. 



Latin Names. English Names. Geolog'l Station. Natural Habitat. 



Cassia, L., . . . Senna. 



C. Marilandica, L., 1 . Wild Senna. Alluvial Lime., . Fat bottoms. 



*C. obtusifolia, L., Dry soil. 



C. chamuecrista, L., . Partridge pea, . Limestone chert, Sandy and rocky prairies. 

 Gymnocladus, Lam., . Coffee-tree. 



G. Canadensis, Lam., 2 Banks of rivers. 



Gleditschia, L., . . Honey Locust. 



G. triacanthos, L., 3 . Black Locust, . Limestone, . Rich soil, barren, wet, and 



Schrankia, Willd., . Sensitive Briar. [dry bottoms. 



S. uncinata, Willd., Sand, . . Barren and prairies. 



Desmanthus, Willd. 



D. brachyloba, DC, Sandy, . . Prairies and ban ks. 



*D. Jamesii, T. & Gr., Sources of CanadianRiver. 



*D. leptolobus, T. & Gr., Prairies.? 



Acacia, Neck. 



*A. lutea, Lea., Prairies. 



*A, hirta, Nutt., Plains of Red River. 



Rosacese. 4 Rose Family. 



Prunus, L., . 



P. Americana, Mart , 5 



*P. Chicasa, Mich., 



P. pumila, L., 



P. serotina, D C., b . 



-P. Caroliniana, Mich.. 



Spircea, L., . 



S. opulifolia, L., 



*S. aruncus, L., 



Gillenia, Moench, . 



G. stipulacea, Nutt., 7 



Plum and Cherry. 

 Wild plum, 

 Chickasaw plum, 

 Dwarf cherry, 

 Wild black cherry, 



Meadow sweet. 

 Nine bark, 



Indian Physic. 

 American Ipecac, 



Alluvial lime, &c, Banks and thickets. 



Limestone, . Rocky banks. 

 M. G. and sandst., Alluvial woods. 

 Limestone, . Rocky banks. 



Limestone, . Banks and rocky creeks. 

 " . . Shady and rocky creeks. 



Sandstone, . Dry sterile soil. 



1 The leaves are very valuable as purgative in intermittent fevers. The plant abounds where the 

 fever is endemic. 



2 "Wood hard, tough, strong, good for building and cabinet-making. Bark very bitter. 



3 Wood hard, fifty-two pounds per cubic feet when dry. Difficult to split; not much used, except for 

 fences as sapling. Grows everywhere, but likes limestone soil. 



* Plants generally with an astringent principle, which makes some species useful in medicine as febri- 

 fuge, or against dysentery. Some have been compared to Cinchona. This principle is found diluted in 

 most of the fruits, apples, pears, cherries, plums, peaches, &c, and renders them most wholesome food 

 in the fall. The kernels of some fruits of this family give by distillation Prussic acid, a violent poison. 

 Useful gums exude from some trees of this most interesting family, which gives us our finest flowers for 

 the garden. 



5 Is much improved by cultivation. Prunus spinosa has been introduced for hedges. 



* A large tree, common in Arkansas. Wood compact, fine-grained, susceptible of brilliant polish 

 good for cabinet-work. The bark, branches, and roots have an aromatic taste, and are tonic. The fruit 

 in Brandy is a cordial against fevers. 



1 Flower white, with erect a little unequal petals. Leaves cut in three, with divisions doubly dentate, 

 with a large stipule at the base. Many properties have been attributed to it without reason. It has a 

 bitter and pungent taste. Always grows on a poor soil. 



