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Vi rj abundant in all parta ol die •• 

 are found; they twino round o( 

 In the coldest climates thi . 



mieirroote abound in an acrid, 

 depends upon a peculiar resin, wl, 



( onvolvulua Scammonia, a Syrian i> ■ 



obtai 1 from I, „,, ... 



?***>» »|tD ingo plant, 'two BrSiiJ 



'" i ;" ll 7; 1 "- '- Jalap th, 



^Macl .MaleJa^MesS ! 



11 ".macrocarpus, and probably man, others, niaj 



*ge. Tli, n.,,,,1 rpomoea pandurataii, em?!, 



- ..p.-rat,..,, J. ,,.. that ,„ Kh„.,:,,l, ; it i. J. 



"' Rhodorhua flonda and scoparia, and I. 



"-^Sf JBataUseduhs and others 



common Swwt Potato of European j 

 aodandttoneol the plants from which the liqueur N 

 ..Ml rhelpomoaasensitivaol rurpm is 



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■/''V' L .^ «°ot known from what 8 



^"•opercukta yields a purgat Irug, import I into Em 



■' ** ,: " :it;i ; : ""' :i ''"'-' Uft might l.. mad. ol other 



tave auahtee have been ascertained a,, 



mention : Ipomoea pandurata, or r Mechamek,an American plum 



common m*. East Indies, MaUyan Archipelago, New' HolUn . 



Fnendlj Islands, Mmnanne Islands, Knian, & 



Mefcterranean punt; and the Calystej „„ and - 



country Nevertheless^ ,the purgative resin is hardly present i, 



■ .s .v,.b,,,| by starch or sugar; as in Batats 



whose root is an important article of food in tro] 



which was formeriy called Ipomoea macrorhiza, 



name (^quoted,.* inert; it is a plant inhabiting th, 



"••a .with white insipid farinaceous roota weighu j 



■ ^ 0t k . (Sk f* ch *- W "' I "" purgativ, 



«^himthathehadadmmistered 6 drachms of the , 

 »" 1 Ill:it '» »ct it contains little or do n sin, but like the B 

 oi saccharine and farinaceous matl 

 qualities ol the roots. The seeds of the Kaladana or Pha 



and pleasant cathartic in doses of 30 to I 

 emollient. A decoction of the leaves of Vrgyreia i 

 «""aaa •' fomentation in cases of Bcrofuloua enlargemenu 



s bemg employed as a poultice at the sam. I 

 m:.n!.„,., is employed in Brazil in a similar mann 

 by distillation an essential oil of a bitter balsamic fl 

 tney are not, however, according to Mr. Barker W 

 wnicti he Uun c. rtainly Rhodiola 



amended to promote sneezing, and forms an . 

 gation, and when burned diffuses a delightful fi 

 >'i Oaxaca, the poison called in Mexico Guac 



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