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mer-season, at which time they crop the tops of the 

 plant. This subject deserves further inquiry. 



Editor's MS. Medical Journal ', 

 for 1793. 



23. The root of the Adelia Ricinella, or Ram- 

 Goat-Bush, is said to be a powerful emmenagogue. 

 It is used in the shape of an infusion. The negroe- 

 women (in some of the West-India islands, of which 

 it is a native) make use of it, to procure abortion. — I 

 have employed the powdered root in a case of ob- 

 struction of the catamenia. It is, certainly, a vege- 

 table of great activity. 



Editor. 



24. A decoction of the root of the Zanthorhiza 

 apiifolia* of L' Heritier is used by some of the south- 

 ern tribes of Indians, as a lotion, in certain diseased 

 states of the eyes. » 



Editor. 



* See Collections for an Essay towards a Materia Medica of the 

 United-States. Part Second, p. 1 1 — 13. 



