DRAGON ROOT. dt 
The root should be dug late in autumn or dur- 
ing the winter. It should be cut in transverse 
slices and dried. After being pulverized, it should 
be kept in close stopped phials. The stock should » 
be annually renewed, as its activity is impaired by 
age. 
BOTANICAL REFERENCES. 
Phytolacca decandra, Linn £0s, sp. pl.—AITOoN, Hort. Kew. ii. 
122.—Botanical Magazine, t. 931.—Micwavx, Fl. Amer. i. 278. 
Pursu. i. $24.—Phytolacca vulgaris, Ditentus, Hort. Elth. 
+. 239.—P. Americana—Borrnaave, Hort. Lug. ii. 70.—Solan- 
um racemosum Americanum, Ratus, Hist. 662.—PLUKENET, 
Phyt. t. 225. f. 3.—Solanum magnum Virginianum rubrum, 
Parkinson, Theatrum, 347.—Blitum Americanum, Mountin- 
Gus, Phyt. cur. t, 212. 
MEDICAL REFERENCES. 
Morray, appar. med. iv. 335.—Ka_M, travels in N. Amer. i. 
197.—GRAFFENREID, Mem. Berne, iii. 185.—Scua@rr. 71.— 
Browne, Hist. Jamaica, 232,— Ameen. Acad. iv.—Muuer, Dict- 
ander the name. —SPROGEL. Diss. cir. ven. 24.—BECKMAN, com- 
ment, Gotting. 1779, 74.—ALLiont, Flor. Ped. ii. 132,—FRANK- 
LIN, works, vol. ii—CuTier, Mem. mer. Acad. i. 447.—Rusiy 
i, 259.—Tuacuer, Disp. 300.—Suvuxrz, Inaugural thesis.— 
Haxywarp, ¥. Engl. Journal, vi. 
PLATE Ul. 
Fig. 1. Phytolacca decandra in flower and in fruit. 
Fig. 2. Section of a berry. 
