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A Cepa. Common Onion. Introduced. 



Ornithogalum. 

 0. umbellatum. Star of Bethlehem- Introduced. Abundant. 

 Flowers white. May. Prop, stimulant and nutritive. 



Phalangium. 

 P. esculentum. Nutt. Esculent Phalangium. Quamash. Wet 

 prairies' Flowers yellow. May. Eaten by the Indians. 



CoNVALLARIA. 



C. bifolin. (Smilacina. Desf. Styrandra. Raf.) Two-leaved 

 Solomon's Seal. Woods. Flowers white. May. 



C. trifoliata. (Smilacina. Desf-) Three-leaved Solomon's Seal. 

 Wet prairies. Flowers white. May. 



C. stellata. (Smilacina. Desf.) Star-flowered Solomon's Seal. 

 Banks of streams. Flowers white. May, June. 



C. racemosa. (Smilacina. Desf.) Clustered Solomon's Seal Fl. 

 white . May, June. Prop. Root. Found it to produce nausea, 

 cathartic effect on the bowels and either diaphoresis or diuresis. Used 

 it internally in piles, and derived much benefit from its external ap- 

 plication in the form of a decoction, in the affection of the skin arising 

 from the poisonous exhalations of plants. 



C.borealis. (C. umbellulata. Michx. Clintonia Raf.) Wild 

 Lily of the Valley. Woods. Flowers yellowish green. June. Prop, 

 similar to last. 



Polygon atum. 



P. rault florum. Desf. (P. pubescens. P. latifolium, of Ph. ) 

 Solomon's Seal. Woods. Flowers greenish, axillary . June. Berries 

 Blue. Properties similar to C. Racemosa, also C. Polygonatum of 

 Europe. 



UVULARIA. 



(U. flava. Smith.) Mealy Bellwort. Woods, 

 bluffs, near Burlington. Flowers yellow. April. May. Reputed 

 remedy for the bite of rattlesnake. 



rrandiflora. Large-flowered Bellwort. Woods. Flowers yel- 

 low. May. Properties similar tola - 



Asparagus. 

 A. officinalis . Asparagus. Cultivated. Diuretic. 



Obd.— MELANTHACEjE. 

 This order i^ equally pervaded by drastic, narcotic and poisonous 

 qualities. 



ZlGADENUS 



Z. glaucus. (Z. cloranthus. Rich. Melanthium. Nutt.) Sandy 

 places. Flowers greenish white July. Aug Prop Poisonous 



