. The botany of the eastern borders, with the popular names and uses of the plants, and of the customs and beliefs which have been associated with them. Botany. 328 SYSTEMATIC INDEX. tilix-mas * : dilatatum : foenisecii. Cystopteris fragilis. Asplenium filix-femina : adianthum nigrum : nita-muraria ; alternifolium : tri- chomanes: septentrionale. Scolopendrium vulgare. Blechnuin bo- reale. Pteris aquilina. AUosorus crispus. Osmunda regalis. OphioglossejB.—Botrychium lunaria t- Ophioglossum vulgatum. LYCOPODiACEiE.—Lycopodium alpinum : clavatum: selago. Selaginella selaginoides. * The history o
. The botany of the eastern borders, with the popular names and uses of the plants, and of the customs and beliefs which have been associated with them. Botany. 328 SYSTEMATIC INDEX. tilix-mas * : dilatatum : foenisecii. Cystopteris fragilis. Asplenium filix-femina : adianthum nigrum : nita-muraria ; alternifolium : tri- chomanes: septentrionale. Scolopendrium vulgare. Blechnuin bo- reale. Pteris aquilina. AUosorus crispus. Osmunda regalis. OphioglossejB.—Botrychium lunaria t- Ophioglossum vulgatum. LYCOPODiACEiE.—Lycopodium alpinum : clavatum: selago. Selaginella selaginoides. * The history of the Male Fern proves the unjust neglect into which native remedies easily fall. Our early herbalists all extol the root as a medicine which " killeth both the broad and long worms in the body;" and the truth of it begins to be recognized. See Professor Christison in Month. Journ. of Medical Science for July 1853. t " It hath beene credibly reported to me, from severall hands, that if a man take an Elder stick, and cut it on both sides, so that he preserve the joynt, and put in his Pocket when he rides a journey, he shall never ; " And if a Footman take Mugwort and put into his Shoos in the Morning, he may goe forty Miles before Noon and not be weary. I have read that the lesser Moonwort will open Locks and pull oiF the Shooes of the Horses feet that passe over it. I have heard that if Maids will take wilde Tansey, and lay it to soak in Buttermilke for the space of nine dayes, and wash their faces therewith, it will make them look vei-y ; Coles' Art of Simpling, p. 68.—Master W. Coles rebukes Mr. Culpeper for telhng " my countrymen," " nonsensicall stories of I know not ; (!). AGARICUS Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the origina
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