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former axe well-known to be acrid, cathartic, nan 



dangerona emetic. These properties are owin 



tria. which acta »it!i singular < nergj on the meml 



sneezing, though taken in verj minute quantity. v\ b< n 



-i\.- irritation of the mu 



found fatal v> tli'- lower anima 

 ica is an acrid, i metic, an. I powerful stimulant, i< 



rious accidents have followed the incautious us 



Dale ; it is onl) a fen months Bince a woman was poisoni I by 1 



toots, which had been thrown away in Covent GaruN n 



. . , White 11.11. I trum album, the brroftami of ti 



::-,!, n , n to destroy the Gooseberry Caterpillar, and Bimilar qok 

 officinalis, an AJpme Mexican plant, yields most of th< < '• radill .. I 



dilla seeds of commerce, which were formerly used to destroj p< : ili, 



niinti.--, and have also been employed in chronic rheumi 



aeura onsumed in tl 



thiol ■■ dexicoS 



fying the horses that feed upon it. The root >.t bieloi 



thelmmtic, but its tincture i- bitter and tonic ; when chewed i ; 



produces vomiting ; the N. Americans call it Blazing Star and Devil's Hit. A 

 :. .-lia-- bullata i- given in obstructions of the bowels. Amianthium muse 

 1 to poison cattle which feed upon its foliage in the autumn, ■• 



States Americans call it Fall Poison : thej employ it to destr 



s;iid to !»' simply astringent ; the bruised leaves of Uvularia grandiflora 



remedy in the United States for the bite of the rattlesnake. The Herm 



Ai-.il.ian-, fonnerlj bo celebrated for soothing pains in the joints, wen i the 



Colcbicum variegatum, a species found in the M< literranean. l>r. J i- » v l> ■ found them 



in the bazaars of India, where they bear nanus traceable t.> thi ±tpotr 



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tiartheeium, t;<.r. 

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via, R, et 1". 

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liila, Brandt. 

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AmianUUum, A. ( 

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U:if. 

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lea, Kth. 



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. intltiiim, Wllld. 



Bnrchardia, ft. I 

 Erythroetictua, S 

 i trnithogloesam, 



Lii-hU nsUini'i. Wllld. 

 ulluria, R. />'. . 



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