An experimental inquiry into the similarity in virtue between the Cornus florida and sericea : and the Cinchona officinalis of Linnaeus, together with an inquiry into the modus operandi of astringent vegetables in preventing the putrefactive fermentation / by John M. Walker.

  • Walker, John M.
Date:
1803
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Credit: An experimental inquiry into the similarity in virtue between the Cornus florida and sericea : and the Cinchona officinalis of Linnaeus, together with an inquiry into the modus operandi of astringent vegetables in preventing the putrefactive fermentation / by John M. Walker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AN EXPERIMENTAL INQUIRY INTO THE SIMILARITY IN VIRTUE BETWEEN THE CORNUS FLORIDA AND SERICEA, AND THE CINCHONA OFFICINALIS OF LINN^US, &c. SYSTEMATE. X HE Genus Cornus, to which the English have given the name of Cornel or Dogwood, is arranged by Linnaeus, in the class and order Tetrandria Monogynia of his sexual system. In this artificial system it is associ- ated with a number of genera, the species of which are often endued with properties very essentially different from those of the two species of Cornus, which form the principal objects of this dissertation. In his work on the natural orders of vegetables, the great Swedish naturalist, has arranged the Genus Cornus, in his forty-seventh order, to which he has given the name Stellatae, or Stellate plants, a name originally applied by the illustrious Mr. Ray. In this order, the Cornus is associa- ted with a number of genera, some of which are endowed with highly useful medical, or other properties. I shall here mention the names of some of them; they are Galium, Rubia, Spigelia, Coffea, and Psychotria. In the system of Mr. De Jussieu, the Cornus is ar- ranged in the third order of his eleventh class, to which he