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CORNUS. 



(.'omus stolonifera. Michx. (C. Alba. Wang.) White -berried 

 cornel, or dogwood. Woods. Flowers white. May, June. Prop- 

 erties tonic. 



Cornus sericeu. Red Osier. Flowers white. June. Properties 

 astringent and tonic. 



Cornus circinata. Round -leaved Cornel, or Dogwood. Flowers 

 white. June. Astringent and tonic. 



Cornus paniculata. White, or panicled Cornel, Prairie Cornel. F. 

 white. July. Tonic. 



Conns Canadensis. Low Cornel or Dogwood. Flowers red and 

 white. May, June. Tonic. 



Ord— CAPRIFOLIACE^E. 



LONICERA . 



Lonicera Jiava . Sims. (C. Fraseri. Ph.) Yellow Honeysuckle. 

 Cultivated for its beauty and fragrance. 



Triosteum. 

 Triosteurn perfoliatum. Fever-wort, Horse Gentian. Woods. F. 

 purple. June. Mild cathartic. Large dose, emetic, similar to Ipe- 

 cac. Dried berries substitute for coffee. 



Sambucus. 

 Sambucus Canadensis. Common Elder. Officinal. Thickets. F. 

 white. May, July. Prop. Flowers, sudorific and diaphoretic. Leaves 

 and bark, cathartic and emetic. Berries, laxative. 



Sambucus pubens. Michx. Panicled Elder. F. white. June. 

 Prop, similar to last. 



Viburnum. 

 Viburnum opulus. Americana. Ait T. <fc G. (V. Oxycoccus. 

 Ph.) High CraD berry. Banks of streams. N. part of State. Fruit 

 red and acid. 



Viburnum acerifolium. Maple-leaved viburnum. Dockmackie. 

 Woods. F. white. June. The leaves were applied by Indians to 

 inflamed tumors. Astringent. 



Viburnum prunifolium. Black Haw. Sloe. Woods. F. white. 

 June. Fruit sweet and eatable. Bark tonic and astringent. 



Viburnum lentago. Sweet viburnum. Banks of streams. F. white 

 and very fragrant. 



Ord — RUBIACEiE. 

 Galium. 

 Galium /inctonum . Torr. Dyers' Cleavers. Goose grass. Wild 

 Needles. Wet woods. F. white June to Aug . Roots dye red. 



