fe amara. odor. * nauseosus ; sapor herbaceous. 
7 & Vis, emetica. : 
Usus: : febres i intermittentes, pleuritis. Shaepf. Mat. Med. 
awe ~ pescRIPTIO ute, St, SS fe 
r is slain 3 ara, et tota interdum ‘purpurascens. Radix perennis, horizontalis, elon- 
= ele Gubienté simplices, erecti, cylindrici. ‘Folia magna, oblongo-ovalia, acuminata et fere 
eth -connata, in basi panduriforma terminata. Versus apicem, basi attenuata et amplexicaules; om- 
< nes subtus dense pubescentes, cum nervis et costis conspicue prominentibus. Folia in summitate, 
sub florescentia, minora sunt, et convoluta; postquam magna et purpurascentia. Flores in 
-axilis foliorum, venticillate apparentes. Corolla vix calice longior, tubulosa, curvata, basi gibbosa, 
et apice in quinque lobis auriculatis, incisa ; lacinie cordatz et clause. Stamina quinque, in tubo 
corolle tecta: Pistillum ultra corollam ; stigma crassiusculum. Laciniz calicis quinque, persistentes, 
vinonte ciliate, et omnino partie oReernatine > ~iaigee iefeaiee; uno-bracteatum. Bac- 
= Parton’ s Flora Philadeiphica MS. 
* * 
_ Tne root of Triosteum perfoliatum is perennis orizontal, 
__ about eighteen inches or two feet long, three quarters 2s an inch in 
_ diameter, and nearly of an uniform thickness from the extremity to 
within two or three inches of the origin of the stems. At this place 
it is ¢ contorted, tuberculated, or gibbous, and of a brownish colour, 
The colour of the horizontal caudex is yellow ochre without, and 
whitish internally; and the fibres which proceed from it, are of an 
ochroleucous hue. These are sometimes so large that they may be 
considered rather as branches or forks of the main root. ‘Fhe aang 
