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D Ate h i 

 Datura Stramonium. Thorn Apple. Jamestown-w^ed. Officinal. 

 Waste places. Flowers white. August. Properties poisonous, nar- 

 cotic. 



Datura Taiula Stem purple. Similar to last 



Solanum. 

 Solanum Dulcamara. Bitter-sweet. Woody Nightshade. Off, 

 Rare. Thickets, &c. Flowers purple. July. Prop. Berries poison- 

 ous. Leaves and twigs narcotic and alterative. 



Solanum nigrum. Black Nightshade. Off. Way sides, &c. F. 

 white. July, August. Properties narcotic, emetic and diaphoretic. 

 Plenty. 



Solanum tuberosum. Common Potato. Introduced. 

 Solanum Lycopersicum. Tomato. Introduced. S. Triflower. 



Ord.— GENTIANACE.dE. 

 A pure bitter principle called Gentiana, pervades the whole order, 

 hence their herbage, especially the roots, are employed as tonics, stom- 

 achics and fubrifugals. 



Sabbattia. 

 Sabbattia annularis. Ph. (Chironia. Linn.) American Centau- 

 ry. Off. Wet prairies. Flowers rose color. July, August. Prop- 

 erties pure bitter, tonic and stomachic. Substitute for cinchona. Em- 

 menagogue and vermifuge. 



Gentiana. 

 Gentiana Pneumonanthe. (G. saponaria. Griseb.) Soapwort Gen- 

 tian. Flowers blue. August, Sept. Properties tonic. Fresh state, 

 cathartic. Substitute for the G. lutea of Europe. 



Gentiana Saponaria. Soapwort Gentian. Properties similar to 

 last. 



Gentiana Quinqueflora. Five-flowered Gentian. Woods Flow- 

 ers pale blue. Sept., Oct. Prop, tonic; herb, G. lutea. 



Gentiana acuta. Michx. Nutt. Plains of the Missouri. Flow- 

 [jr. -purple. August, Sept. Properties tonic. 

 Fraseba. 

 Frasrra Carvlinensis. Walt. (F. Walteri. Mx.) American Co- 

 lumbo. Moist woods. Fiowers greenish. May, July. Properties 

 tonic. Substitute lor officinal eolumbo. Off. Fresh, root emetic, ca- 

 thartic. 



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fthnyavthev tnfoliata. Buck Bean. Water Shamrock. Officinal 

 Swamps, &c. Flowers red. April, May. Properties bitter and as- 

 tringent, large dose emetic anri cathartic. Substitute for hops. 



