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Rh physic—Spiræa trifoliata, Euphorbia Ipecacuanhæ. Pleurisy root—Asclepias decumbens. Virginia snake root—Aristolochia serpentaria. Black snake root—Actæa racemosa. Seneca rattlesnake root—Polygala Senega. Valerian—Valeriana locusta radiata. Gentiana, Saponaria, Villosa and Centaurium. Ginseng—Panax quinquefolium. Angelica—Angelica sylvestris. Cassava—Jatropha urens.

2. Tuckahoe—Lycoperdon tuber. Jerusalem artichoke—Helianthus tuberosus. Long potatoes—Convolvulas batatas. Granadillas, Maycocks, Maracocks—Passiflora incarnata. Panic—Panicum, of many species. Indian millet—Holcus laxus, Holcus striosus. Wild oat—Zizania aquatica. Wild pea—Dolichos of Clayton. Lupine—Lupinus perennis. Wild hop—Humulus lupulus. Wild cherry—Prunus Virginiana. Cherokee plum—Prunus sylvestris fructu majori. Clayton. Wild plum—Prunus sylvestris fructu minori. Clayton. Wild crab apple—Pyrus coronaria. Red mulberry—Morus rubra. Persimmon—Diospyros Virginiana. Sugar maple—Acer saccharinum. Scaly bark hiccory—Juglans alba cortice squamoso. Clayton. Common hiccory—Juglans alba, fructu minore rancido. Clayton. Paccan, or Illinois nut. Not described by Linnæus Millar, or Clayton. [Were I to venture to describe this, speaking of the fruit from memory, and of the leaf from plants of two years growth, I should specify it as the Juglans alba, foliolis lanceolatis, acuminatis, serratis, tomentosis, fructu minore, ovato, compresso, vix insculpto dulci putamine, tenerrimo. It grows on the Illinois, Wabash, Ohio, and Missisipi. It is spoken of by Don Ulloa under the name of Pacanos, in his Noticias Americanas — Entret. 6.] Black walnut—Juglans nigra. White walnut—Juglans alba. Chesnut—Fagus castanea. Chinquapin—Fagus pumila. Hazlenut—Corylus avellana. Grapes—Vitis, various kinds, though only three described by Clayton. Scarlet Strawberries—Fragaria Virginiana of Millar. Whortleberries—Vaccinium uliginosum? Wild gooseberries—Ribes grossularia. Cranberries—Vaccinium oxycoccos. Black raspberries—Rubus occidentalis. Blackberries—Rubus fruticosus. Dewberries—Rubus cæsius. Cloudberries—Robus chamæmorus.