92-3 
. * . . . 
Inulin, tannin, a gummy extractive, nitrate of potash,+ a resin soluble in 
water, and another in alcohol, have been determined, 
PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION. — The only symptom of importance so far 
recorded from the action of this drug, is an increased secretion of milky urine 
with frequent desire and copious discharges. 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE 92. 
1. A flowering branch, Binghamton, N. Y., August rst, 1884. 
2. Floweret. . 
3 and 4. Bract. 
5. Seed. 
6. Bristle of Pappus. 
7. A thoroughly dried horn, 
(2-7 enlarged.) 
* See under Inula Helenium, $1. 
+ Loudon says that the mature green herb, when burnt, willl yield fully one-third its quantity of a pure, white, alka. 
line salt equal to the best potash. 
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