The medicinal, poisonous, and dietetic properties of the cryptogamic plants of the United States : being a report made to the American Medical Association at its sessions held in Richmond, Va., and St. Louis, Mo. / by Francis Peyre Porcher.

  • Porcher, Francis Peyre, 1824-1895.
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1854
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    uses of many of them. I iv Walter Wade, M. I)., M. L. S., l'rof. of Botany. Dublin, 1804. Fungi Carolinian] Exaiccati. Fungi <>{ Carolina, illustrated by natural specimens <>f the Bpecies. By II. W, Ravenel, Cor. Memb. of Acad. Nat 8c. of Phila. Fuse. I. II. John Russell, Charleston,S. ('. 1852-3. Des V6g6taux qui croissent sur l'Homme el sur 1<>s Animaux Vivants, par M. Cli. Robin, Docteur on Medecin ct en Sciences Naturelles, ancien interne des Ilopitaux de Paris, &q., &c. Aecompagne de trois planches gravees. Paris, 1847. (See, also, en- larged edition, Paris, 1853.) llistoirc des Champignons Comestibles et Veneneux, oh Ton expose leurs charac- ters distinctifs, leurs proprietes alementaires et 6conomiques, leurs effets nuisible et les moyens de s'en garantir ou d'y reme'dier. Par J. lloques, Auteur de la Phyt. Medicale et du Nouveau Traite des IT. usuelles. 2d edition. Avec un atlas, plantes •colorizes. Paris, 1841. CLASS II. CELLULARES. Tribe I. FILICOIDE^E. Oedbr 1st. EQUISITACE^E. Floweklebs plants, with sporules sm-rounded by elastic clavate filaments, and inclosed in thecae arising from the scales of term- inal cones. Vernation straight. These very remarkable plants, known by the vulgar name of Horse-tails, seem to have no very decided affinity for any exist- ing tribes. From fossil remains, it seems clear that gigantic growths of them formed a considerable part of the original vegetation of the globe. They have not yet been seen in New Ilolland. Though said to be slightly astringent and stimulating, and rec- ommended as diuretics and emmenagognes, they are not much employed in medicine. In economical purposes they are found highly useful, for polishing furniture and household utensils; a property which is due to a great quantity of silex below their cuticle (Lindley). According to the observations of Dr. John, of Berlin, they contain fall thirteen per cent, of siliceous earth (Ed. P J 2 391). Tl10 a8ne8 liaYe 1)C0U lmmd by cliemists t0 contain half their weight of silica (Jameson's Jour., Jan. 1830,102). The quantityissogreatiD Equisetwm hyemale, that Mr. Sivright suc- ceeded in removing the vegetable matter and retaining the form (Grev., Fl. Edin. 214). In subjecting a portion ot the cuticle ot