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North America. A commercial sample, presented by Parke, Davis & 

 Company, of New York. 



4904. Yellow pond-lily. Spatter-dock. Yellow water-lily. — The rootstock of 



Nymphaea advena Soland. (Same family.) Native of eastern and central 

 North America. A commercial sample, presented by Parke, Davis & 

 Company, of New York. 



THE BUTTERCUP FAMILY (Ranunculaceae) 



4905. Aconitum. Aconite. Monk's-hood. (See No. 2532.) A commercial 



sample, presented by Merck & Company, of New York. 



4906. German aconite. — The preceding, grown in Germany. Presented by 



Parke, Davis & Company, of New York. 



4907. Pure powdered aconite root. — The preceding in the powdered state. Pre- 



sented by H. H. Rusby. 



4908. Spanish aconite. — A species of aconite native in Spain. Presented by H. H. 



Rusby. 



4909. Spurious aconite. — The tuberous root of Aconitum hians Hooker (?). Native 



of northern Europe and Asia. From Punjab, India. Presented by the 

 Reporter on Economic Products for British India. 



4910. Spurious aconite. — The tuberous root of A. palmatum D. Don. Native of 



India. From Darjeeling, India. Same donor. 



491 1. Spurious aconite. — The tuberous root of A. heterophyllum Wall. Native 



of India. From the northwestern provinces of India. Same donor. 



4912. Spurious aconite. — The tuberous root of a species of Aconitum. Native of 



of Europe. From the New York drug market. Presented by H. H. 

 Rusby. 



4913. Japanese aconite. — The tuberous root of A. Fischeri Reich. Native of 



Japan. Presented by Parke, Davis & Co., of New York. 



4914. Indian aconite. — The tuberous root of A.ferox Wall. Native of the Himalaya 



Mts. From Punjab, India. Presented by the Reporter on Economic 

 Products for British India. 



4915. Peony root. — The root of Paeonia officinalis L. Native of southern Europe 



and cultivated for ornament. Grown by H. H. Rusby at Newark, New 

 Jersey. Collected August 10, 1919. 



4916. Ground white peony root. — The ground dried root of P. albifiora Pall. 



Native of Siberia and cultivated. From the New York drug market. 

 Presented by H. H. Rusby. 



4917. Black hellebore. (See No. 2522.) A commercial sample presented by Lehn & 



Fink, of New York. 



4918. Another sample, presented by Merck & Company, of New York. 



4919. Adulterated black hellebore. — A sample of the same, adulterated with some 



other root. Presented by the New York College of Pharmacy. 



4920. Cimicifuga. Black cohosh. — The rootstock and roots of Cimicifuga racemosa 



(L.) Nutt. Native of northeastern North America. A commercial 

 sample presented by Parke, Davis & Company, of New York. 



4921. Another sample of the same, collected by H. H. Rusby at Montclair Heights, 



New Jersey, July 3, 1919. 



