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and red and white-striped flowers. The root is the part used ; 

 twenty -five grains of it, when fresh-powdered, act as an 

 emetic. Two or three grains, frequently repeated, are given 

 in dyspepsia and low fevers. The Indians cure dropsy with 

 it by giving large doses. The generic name resembles in mean- 

 ing the common English one. 



