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may safely be given. The common mode of administering the in- 
fusion is in the proportion of an ounce of the root and plant to a 
pound of boiling water, of which from one to three table spoonsful 
may be given to a child, and about half a pint to an adult, Ifno 
effect follows, the doses may be augmented. 
TABLE XXXI. 
Fig. 4. Represents a flowering branch of the Spigelia Marilandica, of 
its natural size. 
2. The lower parts of the stems, with the tuft of fascicled roots. 
3. The calix. 
4. The pistil. 
5. The corolla opened. 
