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cinal value. Formerly used as a bitter tonic, stomachic and 
diuretic. 
Mutuein (Verbascum Thapsus), Flannel leaf, N.O. The mul- 
lein plant is a perennial herb with a tall stout single stem and a 
rosette of large, thick woolly radical leaves. It is a native of 
Europe, naturalized in the U. S. as a common, abundant, and 
pernicious weed. The leaves of this plant and flowers of related 
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species contain small amounts of gum and oil and are used as 
poultices, demulcents and expectorants. 




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left corner a male mandrake (Mandragora), at the right a female mandrake 
The brush-like plant near the upper right corner is probably a “Dragon-tree’ 
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Mustarp, BLack (Brassica nigra), Brown mustard, U.S.P. 
The mustard plants are annuals, native to southern Europe and 
southwestern Asia, and largely cultivated in most temperate re- 
gions. It was used in early times more as a medicine than as a 
condiment. It is one of the most efficient rubefacients, a carmina- 
tive and in slight overdoses a very prompt emetic. 
NicHuTsHabE, Deapty (Atropa Belladonna) U.S.P. The plant 
is a tall perennial herb, native of Europe and sparingly introduced 
