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thoxylum or Prickly Ash — ^Magnolia Bark — Collin- 



sonia Canadensis, &c. and many aromatic stimu- 

 lants. 



Remarks — Henry calls this plant Nardus Ame- 



TicanuSy and his figure is fictitious, being like Fennel. 



Since all our species may be substituted to each 

 other, and we can only give the figure of one at pre- 

 sent, it may be well to add a i^hort notice of each. 



Root larger and 

 thicker. Plant larger. Stem leafy, leaves similar to 



cordate folioles. 

 Flowers in large axillary clusters, formed of many 

 racemose umbels — Common from Canada to Alabama. 



Ji. hispida or Rough Spikenard — Stem hispid, 

 leaves decomposed, folioles small oval, umbels ter- 



^ 



Ji 



minal, &c.— Confined to Canada, New 



& 



New 



A. spinosa or Spikenard Tree, called also Angeli- 

 ca Tree, Tooth-Ache Tree, and Prickly Elder— A 

 small tree full of thorns, leaves ample, decomposed, 

 prickly. Flowers terminal, forming an ample pani- 

 cle of umbels—From New-York to Georgia, and 

 west to Missouri, &c. 



