The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I)
Used by the Thomsonian practitioners compounding their medicines.
Li. spicata, Lam. White Plains. (Miss McCabe.)
L. Kalmii, L. White Plains. (Miss McCabe.)
Order 55.-- CAMPANULACE.E. (Campanula Famuy.)
Campanula, Tourn. (Bellflower.) C. rotundifolia, L. Leggett.
C. ^paranoides, Mx. Damp meadows, among grass. C. iapunculoides, L. (Bicknell.) (Adv. Eu.)
Specularia, Heister. (Venus's Looking-glass.) S. pcrfoliata, A. DC. Frequent.
OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. 797
Order 56.-- EEICACE.E. (Hoath Famity.)
Gaylussaoia, II. 15. K. (Huckleberry.)
G. dumosa, T. & G. Damp sandy soil.
G. frondosa, T. & O. Damp thickets.
G. resinosa, T. & G. Woodlands and swamps.
Vaccinium, L.
V. macrocarpon, Ait. The cranberry of commerce. Cranberry Pond neai
Kensico.
V. stamineum, L. Dry copses and open woods.
V. Pennsylvanicum, Lam. Dry copses and edges of woods.
V. vacillans, Solander. sandy woods.
V. coiymbosnm, L.
Var. atrococcum, Gray. (Bicknell.J
Epigeea, L. (Trailing Arbutus.)
E. repens, L. Cranberry Pond, and valley of the Bronx, near the sound. -- Somers near Coter's Lake, (James Wood.) -- Sing Sing, (Dr. Fisher.)
Gaultheria, Kalm. (Wintergreen.) G. procumbens, L. Damp woods.
Leucothoe, Don.
L. racemosa. Gray. (Bicknell.)
Cassandra, Don. (Leather leaf.)
C. calyculata, Don. New Castle. Bogs.
Andromeda, L.
A. Mariana, L. Along the coast of the Sound. A. ligustrina, Muhl. White Plains.
Clethra, L. (Sweet pepperbush.)
C. alnifolia, Damp grounds and borders of meadows, bears transplanting and is used for an ornamental shrub.
Kalmia, L. (American Laureb.)
K. latifolia, L. Woods common, four to ten feet high, a beautiful evergreen shrub, boars transplanting and is valued for its heavy green leaves and showy flowers.