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Some  Native  Southern  Remedies. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
t       Feb.,  1885. 
NATURAL  ORDER  LEGUMINOS^E. 
4.  Phaseolus  diver sifolius,  Pers.  Wild  Bean.  Reported  under  the 
name  of  "  King  Cure-all/'  It  grows  in  sand,  from  an  immense,  stout 
club-shaped  root,  which  abounds  in  starch.  It  is  reported  as  beneficial 
to  dyspeptics,  the  root  being  chewal  and  the  saliva  swallowed.  The 
doctor  judges  the  benefit  to  be  derived  from  the  increased  amount  of 
saliva  swallowed. 
NATURAL  ORDER  RUBIACE^. 
5.  Galium  pilosum,  Ait.,  var.  Hairy  Bed-straw.  Reported  as 
^'  Snake-bite- weed and  "  Flux-weed/'  and  the  absurd  name  "  Four- 
corners-of-the-earth,''  which  last  it  has  probably  received  in  allusion  to 
its  four-angled  stem.  It  is  one  of  the  innumerable  weeds,  of  which  every 
village  has  one  or  more,  said  to  be  a  specific  for  the  bite  of  the  rattle- 
snake and  other  venomous  creatures,  and  without  much  doubt  worthless 
in  this  respect.  Belonging  to  a  family  which  yields  the  cinchonas  and 
other  powerful  stimulants,  and  being  so  near  to  the  Galium  aparine^ 
L.,  it  very  possibly  has  medicinal  properties;  but  the  objection  to  the 
property  here  proposed  rests  on  our  knowledge  of  the  nature  of  the 
rattle-snake's  venom. 
NATURAL  ORDER  COMPOSITE. 
6.  Eupatorium  foenicidaceum,  Willd.,  the  Fennel-like  Boneset.  Re- 
ported as  the  "White-flowered  Dog-fennel"  (but  the  true  Dog-fennel 
is  Anthemis  Cotula,  L.).  Dr.  Lane  testifies  to  it  as  a  strong  diuretic 
and  one  used  with  success  for  both  man  and  beast.  One  pint  of  the 
strong  decoction  is  an  effectual  drench  for  horses  afflicted  with  "  what 
is  commonly  called  gravel.'' 
7.  Eupatorium  perfoliatum,  L.    Boneset  or  Thorough-wort. 
8.  Eupatorium  rotundifolium,  L.  Reported  under  the  name  of 
"Wild  Horehound." 
9.  Eupatorium  aromaticum,  L.  Reported  as  "Upland  Wild  Hore- 
hound." The  report  on  the  three  last  confirms  the  well-known  proper- 
ties of  these  plants.  It  is  a  noteworthy  fact  that  E.  foeniculaceum  should 
possess  such  marked  diuretic  power,  while  its  congeners  are  nearly  or 
quite  deficient  in  that  respect. 
10.  Serieocai'pus  tortifolius,  Nees.  One  of  the  White-topped  Asters. 
Reported  as  "  Edgeweed,"  and  said  to  be  useful  for  colic  in  horses. 
11.  Solidago  odora,  Ait.,  the  Odorous  Golden-Rod.  Used  as  a 
styptic;  in  the  case  of  wounds,  by  applying  the  bruised  plant;  in  the 
case  of  epistaxis,  by  snuffing  up  the  powdered  dried  leaves.    It  may  be 
