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Saixjnaria. 



Saponaria officinalis. Common Soap-wort. Bouncing Bet. Off, 

 Introduced. Contain an active prin. called saponine, which is thought 

 to posses properties similar to Sarsaparilla. 



Ord.— PORTULACACE^E. Portulaca. 



Portulaca oleracca. Purslane, Introduced. Indigenous on the 

 Missouri. Gardens. F. Y. June to Aug. Used as a potherb. 

 Diuretic and antiscorbutic. 



Ord.— LINACE^E. Linum. 



Linum usitatissimum. Common Flax. Officinal. Introduced. 

 Flowers blue. June and July. Prop. The herbage is bitter and 

 purgative. Seeds demulcent and emollient, by expression a fixed oil, 

 which is largely used in the arts. The inner fibre of the bark furnishes 

 flax. The cultivation of this plant deserves the attention of our 

 farmers, as there is no doubt it would well repay their trouble. 



Linum Virginiana. Virginia Flax. Woods. F. Y. July. Prop, 

 similar to last, 



Ord.— GERANlACE^E. Geranium. 



Geranium maculatum. Spotted Geranium. Cranesbill. Officinal 

 Woods. Flowers purple or reddish white. Apr. June. Root purely 

 astringent, contain more gallic and tannic acid than Kino. 



Geranium Carolinianum. Carolinian Cranes-bill. Fields. F. R. 

 July. Prop, similar to last. 



Ord.— OXALIDACE^E. Oxalis. 



Oxalis Acetocella. Common Wood Sorrel. Officinal. Woods and 

 shady places. F. Y. June. Prop, acidulous and refrigerant, and 

 as a drink in fevers. The acidity depends upon Oxalic acid which is 

 in the herbage. 



Oxalis violacea. Violet Wood Sorrel. Rocky woods. F. violet. 

 May. Prop, similar to last. 



Oxalis si rial a. Yellow Wood Sorrel. Fields. F. Y. all sum- 

 mer. Prop, similar to the other. 



Ord.— ZANTHOXYLACEJS. Zanthoxylum. 



Za.nthoxylum Americanum. Miller. (Z. fraxineum. Willd.) — 

 Prickly Ash. Oft'. Toothache tree. Woods. Flowers Greenish. 

 May, Apr. Prop. Pungent aromatic qualities with bitterness. Due 

 t<> an ethereal oil and its resin, in the leaves and fruit, and to a bitter 

 acrid crvstallizable substance, with a yellow coloring matter, which 

 is contained in the bark. Stimulant and tonic, chronic rheumatism 

 and toothache. 



Ptdea. Inner hark an ingridient in the Kinni Kinnick of the In- 

 dians. 



