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AMERICAN ROOT DRUGS. 



in waste places from the New England States to Oregon and south to Florida 

 and Texas. It grows to about the same height as the yellow dock, to which it 



Fig. 6. — Broad-leaved dock (Rumcr ohtiiyifoiiK.^-) . li^af. fruiting spike, and root, 

 bears a close resemblance, differing in-inciiiaiiy in its more robust habit of 

 growth. The stem is stouter than in yellow dock, and the leaves, which like- 



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