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Jf^paves blpin- 



Bato ; l^^aflets ovate, acuminate, sluj;liily creuate, glaucous unu^r- 

 Ti^ath, and somewhat pubo^cent ; common petioles 2 — 3 feet loiii^, 



joinfed. diannelled, soinetiin<'S prickly. Panicles ferminaJ, verf 

 large, branches tennin,itin^ hu small umbels or fascicles 15 — 20 

 flowered Pefah o\h\^ white, refiected, caducous, much longer tliaa 

 calyx- Filaments ]{yu'^er tban the petals, Jinlhers incumbent, white. 



G^^rm depressed. Styles 5, s^oi t. Stigmas obtuse, connivent. 

 Grows in the richest soils, wherever they are not frequently In* 



undated. 



Flowers June — August. Prickly-ash. 



A watery infusion of the bark of the,fresh root is bt)th emelic and 

 cathartic, and is probably to be preferred to any emelic yet discov- 

 ered an^oni^ our native plants. A gum-resinous extract, which is de- 

 cide<lly cathartic, may be prepared by boiling the root in w^ater. 

 The active properties seem to be muc]i Aveakened from drvini^ tlic 

 root This plant, thoughchiefly employed as an emetic, has also 



some reputation as a remei]y in those rheumatic and cutaneous affec- 

 tions amonj: neirroes vvhicli are supposed to have a syphilitic oitgin. 

 In cases of the bite of the rattlesnake, the decoction or infusion of tlm 

 fresh root is i;iven in sufficient quantities to occasion vomiting, and 



in such cases it appears to deserve more attention than most other - 

 remedies. 



S. Racemosa, 



A. cnule herbaceOj laj. I Stem herbaceous, 



vi ; foliis dccompositis, smooth ; leaves decom- 



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g'lbns; peduncuhs axil- pound, glabrous ; pedun- 

 IviritHis, raiuosis^ umbel- | cles axillary, branching 

 Litis. Sp. pi. 1. p. 1521. I bcarhig umbels. 



Mich. l.p. 185. Pursh, 1, p. £09. , 



Herbaceous, with wid« sprcadino; brandies. Leaves three parted, 

 vr'ith the divisions 5 — 5 leaved ; leaflets ovate, acuminate, acutely 

 serrate, frequently cordate, with tlie pe(ioIes and stem pubescent, 

 sometimes hairy. Axillary branches leafy, bearing many umbels j ter- 

 minal brandies paniculate, without leaves. Mich. 



Grows in the mountains- Dr. Macbride. 



Flowers Spike-nard. 



The root in the form of decoction is a much esteemed remedy for 

 ^leumatism ainoni; the inhabitants of the mountains of this state. 





S. NUDICAULIS. 



A. suhacaulis, unifoli- I Nearly stemless, bear- 

 ata, folio tric^uinato ; fo- ing one leaf, leaf triquin- 



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