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INDEX. 



Podophyllum peltatum. May apple, 281. 

 Poison o?ik, 291. Vine, 292. 

 Polygala seneka, seneka snake root, 289. 

 Potatoe, wild, 278. 



Potowmac river, passage of the, through the Blue Ridge, 

 460. 



Powow ri'ver, falls of the, in New Hanipshire, 453. 

 Prestons salines, 475. 

 PnWe of India, 286. 



Prims verticillataf Virginian winter berry, 281, 

 Puccoon, or blood wort, 288. 

 Pyroluy winter berry, . 286. 



Q. ' 



^artz, 399. 



^ercus obtusiloba, upland white oak, 244. alba, com- 

 mon American white oak, ib. ^macrocarpa, oyer cup 

 white oak, 245. ^ lyrata, water white oak, ib. ^ 

 alba palustris, swamp white oak, 246, prims, swamp 

 chesnut oak, ib. ^ prinus (monticola), mountain chesnut 

 oak, 247. ^ prims (acuminata), narrow-leaved chesnut 

 oak, ib. ^ prims (pumulus), chinquapin oak, ib. ^ 

 prims, (tomentosa), downy chesnut oak, ib ^ mrens, 

 live oak, .248. ^ pkellos, willow oak, ib. ^ cinerea^ 

 upland willow oak. 249. ^ imbricaria, shingle willow 

 oak, ib. ^ laiirifolia, swamp willow oak, ib. ^ lauri- 

 folia (hybrida), obtuse leaved swamp willow oak, ib. ^ 

 aquatica^ aquatic oak, 250. ^ nigra, black oak, ib. 

 tinctoria angulosa or sinuosa, quercitron oak, 251. tri- 

 loba, downy blaci-L oak, ib. ^ banisterit black dwarf oak, 

 252. ^Julcata, upland oak, .b. ^ Catesboei, sandy red 

 oak, 253. ^ coccinea, scarlet oak, ib. ^ palustris, 

 swamp red oak, ib. ^rubra, red oak, 254. 



R. 



Pat, American wood, 338. Ash-coloured, 341. 



Pattlesnake, various species of, 387. Experiments to ascer- 

 tain the effects of its venom, 390. Remedies for its bite, 

 392. Power of fascination, 394. Instance of, 396. 



