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are not found unpalatable, although they cannot be a 

 healthy condiment. 



Substitutes — Gillenia Sp. — Sanguinaria Cana- 

 densis — Lobelia inflata — Asclepias Sp. — Erythro- j 

 ilium Sp, — Eicpatorium perfoliatum — OfBcinal Ipe- 

 cacuana and other active Emetics. 



Remarks — ^The figure of Henry, under the name 

 of Bowman^s root is fictitious ; the true Bovvman^s 

 root is the Leptandra^ 



The lielio^cQpia^ which grew in the Northern States? 

 has nearly the properties of the E. hypericifoUa^ ^^ 

 was well as the E. poly ^om folia a small annual plant, 

 growing on the sea shores from New England to 

 Florida, and spreading flat on the sand. 



