8 4 
Wounds and Aches Cured by the Indians. For the Tooth- 
ach. For Herpes milliares. 
The Indians Cure their Wounds with it, annointing 
the Wound firft with Raccoons greefe, or Wild-Cats 
greefe, and ftrewing upon it the powder of the Roots; 
and for Aches they fcarifle the grieved part, and annoint 
it with one of the forefaid Oyls, then ftrew upon it the 
powder: The powder of the Root put into a hollow Tooth, 
is good for the Tooth-ach : The Root fliced thin and boyled 
in Vineager, is very good againft Herpes Milliaris. 
Arfmart, both kinds. 1 
Spurge Time, it grows upon dry fandy Sea Banks, 
and is very like to Rzpter-wort, it is full of Milk. 2 
Rtipter-wort, with the white flower. 3 
1 Polygonum lapa/hifolium, L. {Hydropiper of Gerard, p. 445), — for which, 
perhaps, P. hydropiper, L., was mistaken, — and P. Persicaria, L. {Persicaria 
maculosa of Gerard, /. c), are what the author means ; being the two sorts figured 
by Gerard himself. The third, added by Johnson, is unknown in this country; 
and the fourth belongs to a very different genus. P. Persicaria is marked as 
introduced in the late Mr. Oakes's catalogue of the plants of Vermont; and both 
this and P. hydropiper are considered to be naturalized weeds by Dr. Gray (Man., 
p. 373). Josselyn's testimony as to the former, as appearing to him to be native 
in 1671, is therefore not without interest; and possibly it is not quite worthless as 
to the latter. 
2 Chamcesyce, or spurge-time, of Gerard {edit, cit., p. 504), is Euphorbia 
cham&syce, L., a species belonging to the Eastern continent; for which Sloane 
{cit. L. Sp. PI. i?i loco) appears to have mistaken our Euphorbia maculala, L. ; 
while Plukenet {Aim. 372, cit. L.~) recognizes the affinity of the same plants, 
calling the latter Chamarsyce altera Virginiana. Josselyn's spurge-time may be 
E. maculaia ; but quite possibly, taking the station which he gives into the 
account, E. polygonifolia, L. 
8 There are "several sorts of spurge," according to the Voyages (p. 78); of 
which this, which I cannot specifically refer, is possibly one. 
