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Tanacktum. 

 Tanacetum vulgar e. Tansy. Introduced. Fields, roadsides. F 

 yellow. Aug. Prop, aromatic, bitter and anthelmintic. 



Lappa. 

 Lappa major. Gaert. (Arctium Lappa. Lin.) Burdock. In- 

 troduced. Waste grounds. F. purple. July, Aug. Prop, aperient, 

 diaphoretic and alterative. 



Lactuca. 

 Lactuca elongata . Wild Lettuce. Trumpet Milkweed. Fireweed. 

 Hedges, Thickets. F. yellow. Aug. Prop, sedative, laxative, 

 diuretic and diaphoretic. 



Hieracium. 

 Hieracium vcnosum. veiny-leaved Hawkweed. Woods. F. yellow. 

 July, Aug. Prop. Bitter, astringent and narcotic. 



Nabalus. 

 Nabalus albus. Hook. (Prenanthes. Lin.) Lionsfoot. White 

 Lettuce. Woods. F. white. Aug. Reputed cure for the bite of a 

 rattlesnake. 



Taraxacum. 

 Taraxacum Dens-leones. Less. (Leontodon Taraxacum. Lin.) 

 Dandelion. Fields, &c. Introduced. Tonic, diuretic, aperient. — 

 Employed principally in hepatic affections. 



Ord.— LOBELIACE^E. 

 Lobelia cardinalis. Cardinal Flower. Meadows. F. scarlet. 

 July, Aug. Acro-narcotic and anthelmintic. 



Lobelia infiata. Indian Tobacco. Officinal. Woods. F. pale 

 blue. July, Sept. Prop, powerful emetic and sudorific. In small 

 doses expectorant. Thompsonian's great remedy. 



Lobelia syphilitica. Blue Cardinal Flower. Along streams, F. 

 blue. July. Prop, similar to last, also antisyphilitic. 

 Ord.— ERICACEAE. 

 Vaccinium. 

 Vaccinium resinosum. Ait. Black Whortleberry. Woods. F. 

 greenish. Prop. Bark diuretic and tonic. Fruit eatable. 



Vaccininm corymbosum. Blue Bilberry. High Whortleberry. — 

 Swamps. F. purplish white. June. Prop, similar to last. Fruit 

 sub-acid. 



Vaccinium virgatum. Muhl. (V. Pennsylvanicum. Darl. Beck.) 

 Blue Whortleberry. Woods. F. yellow. May, June. Prop, sim- 

 ilar to the foregoing. 



Vaccinium stamineum. Deerberry. Dry Woods. F. white. May 

 June. Prop Diuretic, tonic and slightly astringent. Substitute for 

 Uva Ursi 



