BOTANIC 
= SanEE Sh thi states sentaf-the Alleganyicwhate'st dnhsiowsl by the 
name of western dropwort. This species is smaller than: the for- 
mer. * ‘ - ry 
stems, from two to three feet high, slender, smooth, brittle, reddish, 
two large appendages; flowers in terminal scattered shafts, and 
white. Roots scentless ; taste bitter. as fata eee 
This like the other species, is emetic, cathartic, and tonic ; but 
the stip ulacea‘is by far the best and strongest. Thisis highly es- 
semed and generally used in the western states. The bark of the 
root, which is collected in the fall, is the part principally used. The 
dose is from fifteen to thirty grains of the powder. It operates often 
asa cathartic: In small doses it becomes tonic, and is used in inter- 
American Iprcacvanna. The root. — 
eee root’s ; wild apple tree root. This is another. 
- Species of the preceding class. It grows plentifully in meadows. 
__ and+nlow woods, in the state of New Jersey. eee 
Its qualities and doses are the same as those of the two preceding 
plants. 
i Inpian Turnip. Arum Tryphillium. The root. 
_ Also called dragon root, wake robin, wild turnip, &c. This valaa~ 
ble plant, grows in almost every part of the United States, and is. 
known and used by most country people. The root is perrennial,. 
round, flattened, tuberous, skin 5 a loose and wrinkled. The 
stalk about six inches high, purple, from which grows one leaf stem, 
parallel nerves ; under these the sheath and flower ars, and. ~ 
: honey, 
