POLYGALA SENEGA. 
Seneca Snake root. 
PLATE XXX. 
se Seneca snake root has attracted so gen- 
eral an attention from the medical public, as to 
have become an article of exportation to Europe, 
and one which holds a regular place in the drug- 
gist stores. The plant which produces it has 
nothing to boast on the score of elegance, and 
little to attract attention independent of its me- — 
dicinal virtues. It grows in most latitudes of the 
United States, especially in the mountainous tracts. 
The specimen, from which our drawing was taken, 
was gathered on the borders of Lake Champlain. 
The genus Polygala has a five leaved calyx, 
two of the leaves wing like, and coloured, Capsule 
obcordate, two celled, and two valved, 
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