DICTYOGENS. 
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Stem prickly, angular; leaves papery, cordate, auriculate, 5-ribbed, some 
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what panduriform, occasionally 
tending to hastate ; umbels about 
12-flowered. 
Habitat. Uplands of Mexico. nae 
Quality. Diuretic, diaphoretic, emetic, 
alterative, tonic. Be 
Uses. In venereal diseases, rheumatism, 
yarious skin diseases, 1 
2. S. siphilitica Humboldt.—(Braa- 
LIAN SARSAPARILLA.) = 
Stem slightly prickly, round; leaves 
leathery, oblong-lanceolate, acu- 
minate, 3-ribbed. 
Habitat. Woods of Tropical America. 
Quality and Uses. As in S, medica. 
3. S. officinalis Kunth. (Jamal 
SARSAPARILLA.) 
Stem prickly, angular ; leaves leathery, 
oblong, acute, cordate, 5-7-ribbed. 
Habitat. Banks of Rio Magdalena. 
Quality and Uses. As in S. medica. 
4, S. aspera Linneus.—(ITALIAN 
SAPARILLA.) Fig, 101. : 
Stem prickly, angular; leaves cordate, 
sometimes hastate; about 
ribbed, leathery, prickly at 
edge. : 
Habitat. South of Europe. 
Quality and Uses. As Sarsaparilla, 
inferior quality. 
5. 8. China Linneus.—(CHINA 
Fig. 102. i: 
Stem prickly, round ; leaves thin, 
roundish, oblong, about — 
ribbed, acute ; rhizome ¢ 
ous. 
| Habitat. China. ie 
Quality. Rhizome sub-astringent, 
phoretic. 
Uses. As Sarsaparilla, and also eaten, 
food, on account of the abundance 
starch. 
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Fig. 100.—Leaf of Smilax medica. 
