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6. P, foliis lato-lanceolatis in petiolnni attenuatis insequallter crepidina. 



angulato-dentatis, panicula fasciculis terminalibus pnu- 

 cifioris nutantibus, calycibus birsutis 10 — 12-lidis 

 snh-'lO-fions.—Mich. Ji. amer. 2. p. 84. 

 In Illinois and on the high mountains of Carolina. Mi- 

 chaux. 11. +. 



7. P. foliis radicalibus angulato-hastatis dentatis sublobatis, '^^^'^*- 



caulinis subrctundo-ovntis dentatis pctiolatis, summis 

 lanceolatis, panicula laxa, fasciculis terminalibus nu- 

 tantibus, calycibus 8-fidis 9-lO-floris. — Willd. sp. 

 pi. 3. p. 1536. 



P. suavis. Parad. lond. 85. 



Icon. Bot. mag. IO79. 



In shady woods : New England to Carolina. 1/. Aug. 

 Sept. V. V. About two feet high ; calyces purple, 

 flowers white. 



8. P. foliis ciliatis, radicalibus hastato-angulatis subinteger- rulkunda. 



rimis, inferioribus obovatis basi attenuatis subangulatis, 

 ♦ summis lanceolatis integerrimis, racemo simplici, flo- 



ribus nutantibus. — IFilld. sp. pi 3. p. 153/. 

 P. alba /3. Sp.pl. 1122. 

 P. autumnalis. Gron.ji. virg. 1 . p. 8C). 

 In shady woods : Pensylvania to Carolina. If. . Aug. — 



Oct. V. V. Resembles the preceding 3 not above 



eighteen inches high. 



9. P. foliis dentatis asperis, radicalibus palmato-sinuatis, Serpentaria. 



caulinis longe petiolatis sinuato-pinnatifidis subtrilobis: 

 lacinia intermedia 3-partita, summis lanceolatis, ra- 

 cemis terminalibus subpaniculatis brevibus nutantibus, 

 calycibus 8-fidis 12-floris. 

 On the mountains of Virginia and Carolina. 1/. Aug. 

 — Oct. V. V. About two feet high ; flowers pale 

 purple. This plant is known by the inhabitants under 

 the name of Lion's-foot, and is in high esteem as a 

 specific in curing the bite of the rattlesnake. Daring 

 ray travels through the mountains of Virginia, I had 

 an opportunity of being a witness of the efficacy of 

 this remedy. A man living in Cove-mountains, near 

 the Sweet-springs, was bit in the foot by a Mocassin 

 snake, a species considered the most dangerous. An 

 inflammation and swelling of his whole leg took place 

 immediately ; but by taking the milky juice of thit: plant 

 boiled in milk, inwardly, and applying to the wound the 

 steeped leaves, which were very frequently changed, 

 he was cured in a few days. As this plant deserves 



