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and the plant mimitefy described by them, I had little doubt that 

 it was the Uvulana grandirlora, and collected some specimens of 

 that plant which those gentlemen examined. Ail of them pro- 

 nounced it to be the same plant which had been so successfully 

 used under their observation. Its identity was afterwards still 

 further established by a specimen, which it was found General 

 Porter had preserved at the time the cures were performed. 



Those persons who are generally acquainted with the plants 

 which are found in the northern states, will agree with me in opin- 

 ion, that no person of ordinary observation could mistake the per- 

 foliate uvularia for any other plant ; and the height of this being 

 described as two feet, determines it to be the IT. grandirlora, 

 which alone of the perfoliate uvularias reaches that height. 



I therefore think that the concurring opinions of the gentlemen 

 whom I have named, is conclusive proof that the plant I submitted 

 to their examination must be the same with that which was made 

 use of by Hank, and which is the 



Uvularia grandirlora — Smith. 



U. lanceolata— Willdenow. 



U. perfoliata £ major — Michauz. 



a plant familiar to every botanist, and very generally diffused. 



I am aware that the bite of a rattlesnake is not always fatal, 

 even if the wound be entirely neglected, but there is every reason 

 to believe that the usual remedy was resorted to on this occasion ; 

 and at a season of the year when the bite of a rattlesnake is known 

 to be peculiarly dangerous, it is hardly possible that the man and 

 dog could have both recovered without some powerful aid. 



Uvularia, corolla inferior, 6-petalled, erect ; claws of the petals 

 each furnished with a nectariferous cavity. Filaments very 

 short, growing to the anthers ; stigmata reflected, capsule 3- 

 angled, 3-celled, 3-valved, valves septiferous in the middle ; 

 seeds many, subglobose, arillate at the hilum.— NuttalVs Gen. 



U. grandiflora, leaves perfoliate, oblong, acute ; petals smooth 

 within ; anthers r,omewhat obtuse ; nectaries roundish.— Smith 

 Er. Bof. 



U. perfoliata m^or. —Mich a ur Ft. 

 U. lanceolata.-WillLSp.pl 

 Hab. — Shady hills, m fertile soil, and among rocks : from 



Canada to Carolina. 



