RANUNCULACEA. 
Crowfoots. 
Nee 
CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA. 
Buack Swaxe Roor, Black Cohosh, Squaw Root, §e. 
Place—Europe and America. 
- Quality—Bitter, nauseous. 
Power—Tonic, stimulating. 
Use—Rheumatism, affections of the lange, on, eer 
BOTANICAL ANALYSIS. 
Natural Order. Multisiliqnae—L. Ranunculacew,—J. 
Crass XIII. Polyandria. Orper Di-Pentagyma. 
Loudon, Ency. Pl. 476. Raf. i. 85. Per. El. Med Mat. ii. 758. Griff. Med. Bot. 
92. Kost. Mat. Med. 232. T. & G. Fl.i. 36. U.S. Dis. 211. Wood 0. B. 147. 
Genus. CIMICIFUGA. 
From the Lat. cimer, a bug, and fugo, to drive away, indicating certain ‘tome a 
species is supposed to possess, or alluding to its offensive odor. 
Synonymes.—Cimicaire (F.) Das wanzenkraut (Ger.) Wantsdryver (D.) Tageurt 
(Dan.} 
THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS, 
Catyx. Sepals, mostly five, sometimes three, four or = 
mostly deciduous, and imbricated in estivation. 
Corotta. Petals, three—fifteen, hypogynous, sometimes ir- 
regular or wanting. ; 
Sramens. Indefinite, or numerous, distinct, hypogynous. 
_ Anthers adnate or innate. 
Ovary. Indefinite or numerous, rarely ‘solitary, « or few, di 
_tinet seated on the torus 
