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~ Senna, Cassia Morilendica, "The leaves. 
; American senna has a woody, black, fibrous, ‘costo sidziner 
- rennial root; stems numerous, smooth, upright, from three to” ace 
feet high, cylindrical and simple: leaves alternate, not many, large _ 
horizontal, leaf stem having a gland at the base, bearing from eight 
‘to ten pairs of folioles or leaflets, which are smooth, ovate, obtuse, 
and equal: flowers of a bright golden yellow, forming a parnicle, on 
; ect stems, each having from five to fifteen flowers. Found in most 
parts ‘of the United: States, i in rich, moist, and alluvial soils, near 
‘sennas are simple cathartics ; ‘some kinds occasion gri- 
pings, and yet are not so active as. rhubarb or jalap. This kind ope- 
rates with mildness and certainty at the dose of an ounce in decoc¢- 
tion. Both the leayes and pods are employed: the infusion is weaker. 
sind sos enter into compound annatives and cathartics. — 
. aged Tormentilla Brecta: The Foot 
= - ‘Tormentil is si testi and found wild in wns “aa on com- 
ne it has. in he stalks, with usually seven long narrow 
ve at a et eod The root _ Se . ee crooked and ka notty , of a 
nd a reddish within. 
, st ype: taste, accompanied with a a oie 
kind of aromatic flavor : it is one of the most agreeable and effica- _ 
_ ious of the vegetable astringents, and is employed with good 
effect in all cases where medicines of this kipd are proper. It has — 
_ been used in diarrhoea, in the form of decoction, and in intermittent 
ante in substance, in a dose from half a drachm to a drachm. 
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. Survn Yeunow Roor. Nanthoriza Apifolia. The stem and root. 
i erpitat of North Caroline: the stem three feet high, and 
mewhat thicker than a goosequill ; root from three to twelve inches 
long, and about the diameter of a man’s little finger, sending off nu- _ 
merous scions; leaves are placed alternately, having long petioles, — 
and Agee terminating in an odd one, | sessile, and deeply 
don the edges. The flower stems are branchy, and placed ~ 
ediately beneath the first leaves, which cause the flowers to appear 
beter the leaves, very early in: the spring. ‘Phe stem and root are 
of a bright yellow color, and possess a strong, bitter taste. = - 
——— is a strong and pleasant bitter, very nearly al 
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