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the efficacy of Glnfeng in Europe, and from its fenfible qualities' we 

 judge it to polTefs very little power as a medicine.'' It is recommended 

 in decodion, viz. a dram of the root to be long boiled in a fufficient 

 quantity of water for one dofe. 



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four days after, finding myfelf fo fatigued and weary that I could fcarce fit on horfeback, 

 a Mandarin who was in company with us perceiving it, gave me one of thefe roots : I 

 took half of it immediately, and an hour after 1 was not the leaft fenfible of any wearl- 

 nefs. I have often made ufe of it fince, and always with the fame fuccefs. I have 

 obferved alfo, that the green leave?, and efpecially the fibrous parts of them chewed, 

 would produce nearly the fame effed." Pbil. Tranf. vol. xxviii. p. i^c). 



k Dr. CuIIen %s, " We are told that the Chinefe confider Ginfeng as a powerful 

 aphrodifiac; but I have long neglefted the authority of popular opinions, and this is one 

 inftance that has confirmed my judgment. I have known a gentleman, a little advanced 



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VERATRUM ALBUM. WHITE HELLEBORE, 



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Or, VERATRUM. 



STNONYMA. Helleborus albus. Pharm. Lon£ & Edmb 



Gerard Emac, p. 440. . Rati Hijl, p. 168. Helleborus Albus 



.flore fubviridi. Baub. Pin, p. i85. Helleborus albus vulgaris 



Park, Theat, p, 217. Veratruiu flore fubviridi. I'ournef, Inji 



Veratrum fpica paniculata, floribus maribus & feminis 

 Hall, Stirp, Helv, ;?. 1204. Veratrum album. J acq, Flor,AuJl. 



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Cla/s Polygamia. Ord, Monoecia. Lin, Gen, Plant, 1144. 



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mi' Gen, Ch, Hermaphrod, Cal, o. Cor. 6-petaIa. Stam. 6. 



^Ift' 3. Capf, 3, polyfpermse, 



Masc. €al o. Cor, 6-petala. St am, 6. Pifi. rudimentura. 



/• Cb. V, racemo fupradecompofito, corolUs ereiftis 



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