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Substitutes — Jlctea alba 4' *^. ruhra—^Eryyig} 



11771 aquaticum 4* ^* yticcefolium — ^Eupatoriuni 

 per/oliatum — Snakeroots — Spikenards or Aralias 

 Cohosh or Caulophylhim — Juniper and other similar 

 sudorliics and diuretics. 



Remarks — Not figured in Bigelow nor Barton's 

 works. Henry's figure of the Squawroot, which he 

 wrongly calls Asclepias 2^'^^'P'-^^(i^C€nSy Is a bad re- 

 presentation of this plant; but his description and text 

 apply to some other plant. 



The Jictea alba or Whiteberry Snakeroot, which 

 has the same properties, will be known by a shorter 

 stem, smaller leaves, short, oblong raceme, with 

 round white berries like wax. It grows from New 

 York to Tennessee, in rich woods. 



The A. rubra or Redberry Snakeroot, hardly dif- 

 fers from J. albay but has red berries and is less 

 common. 



These two plants are also called Baneberries, and 

 their berries are poisonous. They aie called White 

 and Red Cohosh by the Indians : the bhie<Johosh is 



the C^ulophyllum, and the black Cohosh thb Botro- 



phis. 



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