_ 500 ! ë SYNGENESIA XQUALIS. Prenanthes, 
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the attention of the physician, I have given a figure of 
ad it, it being frequently confounded with another spe- 
La cies of this genus, which probably may not have quite 
so strong an effect, as the inhabitants are very careful 
to have the true Lion’s-foot, in case of accidents hap- 
pening, and usually call the other species of Prenan- 
thes False Liom's-foot. Gronovius, in his Flora, 
pag. 113, mentions Dr. Witt's Snake-root under P. au- 
tumnalis or Willdenow's rubicunda, as a remedy for 
the bite of the rattlesnake; which shows that he had 
information of the use made of this plant, ine 
he did not know the genuine species. I 
Banksian can is a specimen of P. rubicteda 
with the following note in the hand-writing of Clay- 
ton: ‘ This is the rattlesnake-root that Dr. Wit 
supposes to be the best cure for the bite - 
a very odd plant, hardly two leaves alike upon a plant, © 
as to shape or the indentings of the , 
racemosa, — 10. P. caule simplici, foliis omnibus ind levibus, radi- 
calibus ovali-lanceolatis, caulinis semiamplexicaulibus, 
racemo oblongo hirsutissimo, fasciculis caly- 
cibus $-9-partita. 9—12-foris. Mich. fl. k 2. 
` P. 84. à 
In the northern parté of Canada. Michaux. +. 
illinoensis. 11. P. caule simplici, foliisque asperrimis, foliis omnibus’ in- 
divisis ovali-lanceolatiss, racemo longo, fasciculis sub- 
sessilibus erectis hirsutis. Pers. syn. 2. p. 366, 
P. aspera. Mich. fl. amer. 2. p. 83. ; - 
In natural meadows in the Illinois country. Michauz. + 
* 599. LACTUCA. Gen. pi. 1234. 
elongata. 1. L. foliis subtus leevibus, inferioribus runcinatis integerri- 
& mis amplexicaulibus, infimis dentatis, summis lanceo- 
- latis, floribus corymboso-paniculatis, Willd, enum. 
817. Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 1525. 
L. longifolia. Mich. fl. amer. 2. p. 85 ? 
In woods, on road sides, in fertile soil: Causda to Ca- 
rolina. d. Aug. Sept. v. v. From three to six 
feet high. Flowers small, pale yellow. 
graminifollh. 2. L. caule erecto simplici, foliis inermibus plerisq ue indi- 
visis basi simplici longissime linearibus, a a 
aphylla laxa, ramis rarifloris, floribus omnibus pedun- 
culatis, Mich. fl, amer. 2. p. 85. 
In Lower Carolina. Michaux, +. 
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