SOME MEDICINAL WILDINGS 



of them may be made in the pi-()i)()i-1i()ii of alxjiit an 

 omice of the leaves to a ])int of hoilin*,'- water — the 

 dose, two or three fluid ounces of the liquid, repeated 



Wild Sexna 



(Cassia Marylaudica) 



if needful. The American plant contains tlie same 

 general principles as the Old World s|)ecies ])ut in 

 less proportion, and is correspondiniily less active. 

 It is a stout, herbaceous perennial, three to eight 



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