TO 



DR. TORREY, 



Frofetior of Chemistry and Botany y in the Medical School ^ 



the University ofJVew-York: 



DR. SHORT, 



Pro/esior of Materia Medica and Medical Botany^ in the Med 



School of Transylvania University , in Lexitigton^ 



Kentucky : and 



STEPHEN ELIilOTT, ESQ. 



Frofesior of Botany, ^c. in the Medical School of CharU^iom., 



in South Carolina : 



THESE PAGES, 



^JS^D FIGURES OF MEDICAL PLJUTTB, 



ARE BEDXCATED^ 



IX TOKKlf OF 



f%ENDSHIP, ESTEEM AND RESPECT, 



BT THEIR FRIEKD 



THE AUTHOR, 



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