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TAB. LXXXYI.
P H A L Æ N A U N I C O R N I S .
GREEN-VARIEGATED PROMINENT MOTH.
PRINOS V E R T IC IL L A T U S . L IN N .
DECIDUOUS WINTER-BERRY, OR SERVICE-BUSH.
P h . Bombyx elinguis, alis primoribus viridi fufcoque nebulofis apice lutefcentibus : litura difci
pundlis ftriifque marginalibus nigricantibus.
F e e d s on the Shrub here reprefented, and on th e Apple tree. I t tpun itfelf up in
th e leaves M ay 3 0 th, and came out on th e 1 3 th o f June. This may alfo be reckoned
among th e ra rer kinds. T h e fruit o f this Ihrub is faid to have cured th e foldiers of
th e diarrhasa during th e Ohio w a r w ith th e Indians.
Pinos verticillatus is fo denominated by Linnaeus from the flowers growing in axillary clusters,
in fuch a manner as to feem whorled; but as only one or two of each clutter perfects its
fruit, the name feems unfuitable in an advanced tlate of the thrub. The medical quality of
thefe berries mentioned by Mr. Abbot feems highly worthy of attention.
