l would agam urge upon the members of this Society, the neeessi 

 ■ty, yes, the duty of their paying more attention to the Medical Bota- 

 ny of our State ; let all feel as if there was a specific for every ill to 

 which the flesh is heir, and that possibly he may discover it, thus 

 conferring a lasting benefit upon society, and immortality upon him- 

 himself. Examine, experiment with every plant you meet with, be ob- 

 servant; most important medicines have been discovered by accident, 

 and no doubt there are many plants in our new State that possess 

 medicinal properties, totally unknown, and as it were 

 "Waste their virtues, on the prairie air." 



Order— RANUNCULACE^. Crowfoots. 

 This order possesses several plants that are highly esteemed in medi- 

 cine, but they nearly all contain a very acrid and caustic principle of 

 a volatile nature, which is dissipated by heat, or in the process of dry- 

 ing-. 



1. Clematis. 



Clematis Verticillaris, D. C. (Atragene Americana, Sims.) Whore 

 leaved Virgin's Bower. Flower purple. Woods. Prop, diuretic and 

 vesicant. 



Clematis Virginiana. Virgin's Bower. Flowers W. Aug. Fen- 

 ces, &c. Prop, diuretic and Vesicant. 



Clematis Viorna. Leather flower. Flowers purple. June, July. 

 Woods. Employed externally in the cure of itch, rheumatism, cuta- 

 neous eruptions. 



2. Anemone. 



Anemone nemorosa. Wood anemone. Low anemone. Flower 

 white. April, May. Woods, hedges and open fields. Prop, causes 

 bloody urine and convulsions in cattle. Tinea capitis. 



Anemone cylindrica. Gray. Flowers white. April, May. Prop, 

 similar to the other. 



Anemone Virginiana. Virginian anemone. F. green. Woods. Ju- 

 ly. Rubefacient when recent.. 



Anemone Pennsylvania aconstifolia. Mchx. F. white. June, July. 

 Rocky place. Similar to the other. 



Anemone patens. (A. Ludoviciana. Nutt.) F. purple. April. Dry 

 hills. Prop, similar to the other. 



3. Hepatica. 



Hepatica triloba. Chaix. (Anemone Hepatica. Lim.) Liverwort.. 

 Livcrweed. Flowers blue, white and purple. Woods. April. Prop. 

 istrinrrent. 



Hepatic* obtusa. Blunt lobed liver-leaf. K white. April Hills. 

 • 'uth nd< Prop astringent, diuretir 



