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DESCRIPTION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
woods in the Cumberland Mountains, especially under coni- 
fers ; not so frequent as the next. FI. July. The whole 
herb. 
Chimaphila maculata, Persh. Spotted Wintergreen. A span 
or more in height, more simple. Leaves oblong or ovate- 
lanceolate, obtuse at base, 1-2' long, sparsely and very sharp- 
ly serrate, the upper surface variegated with white ; pedun- 
cle 2-5 flowered. Bracts linear-subulate, filaments villous 
in the middle, flower comparatively large, f' in diameter- 
Dry woods over the State. In the couutry it is much es- 
teemed on account of its stomachic and tonic qualities, and 
similar qualities seem to belong to it as to Uva Ursi or 
Bear- Berry. The whole plant is collected. 
PRIMULACEiE. (Primrose Family.) 
Anagallis arvensis, L. Pimpernel. Low glabrous annual ; 
stems spreading, leaves ovate, sessile J-l' long, mostly shorter 
than the pedicels, in threes, or sometimes the uppermost al- 
ternate. Corolla completely rotate, 5-parted, the rounded 
lobes convolute in the bud, exceeding the the 5-parted calyx. 
Calyx-lobes narrow, nearly equalling the red corolla, the 
divisions of which are minutely denticulate or glandular 
ciliate. An immigrant from the East, where it is natural- 
ized. Rare in this State. 
EBENACEiE. (Ebony Family.) 
Diospyros Virginiana, L. Persimmon. A large tree 20-70' high,, 
with a rough bark. Leaves thickish, more or less pubescent 
when young, commonly glabrate, oval, 2-5' long. Flowers 
essentially dioecious, but the fertile flowers (commonly soli- 
tary in the axils) may have sterile stamens, more or less 
polliniferous ; the sterile flowers much smaller, usually race- 
mose or clustered, and with more numerous stamens. Ca- 
lyx 4-5 lobed, enlarging under the fruit. Corolla cam- 
panulate, short salverform or urceolate. Fruit plum-like, 
an inch in diameter, excessively astringent when green. 
