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pes nid VékirRUM. "Ling. Gen! Plant; 151; qi ig 
$518 yag 
: Lt aratrum ‘raceémo fipradecompofit>, "corollis ereétts. Sy Nac 
— WEIT TE È HELEBORE. Poke-roct. ‘Indian Poke. © Conima i in: 
B. wet meadows and fwamps. June" ; 
_ The toot dis moft draftic cathartic and adis The 
“freth roo sts, Beaten t up with hog’s lard, cures the itch. Ie is: 
iid, th he rc roots à are polfonous to’ fwine.’ Crows may be deftroy-- 
‘a by bolling Todi corn ina ftróng deco&tion of the frefli roots, 
^^ Ra feewing Won the Lii where they refort. | 
or tiolsa 2 RE ape Tin 3 n. Gen. Plant. 1943. XM Su 2 
. The „Great Maple, t or ‘Sycamore’ Tre ree. "The Rock E Mapk. 
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FRAXINUS. Linn. Gen. Plant. 1026. ^ 7^7 
The White Afh. - The Red Afh. The Black pe The 
Prickley UP. 
: PANAX.. Linn. Gen. Plant.. 103» 
Panax foliis ternis quinatis.... Syft.. Nat. 
GINSENG. Ninfin. Itis faid to grow plentifully in fome parts 
of this, and in fome of the neighbouring ftates:. May— June. 
"This plant is the famous: spanacea of the Chinefe, to which: 
-they have recourfe in all dials, as the laft remedy. The Ex- 
ropean phyficians efteem itf good medicine in convulfions, ver- 
tigoes, and all nervous complaints,. and recommend it as one 
of the beft reftoratives known. — Its dofe is from ten grains to- 
twenty, in powder ; and from one dram to two to the pint, in 
infuSons. An infufion of the leaves is drank among the Chi- 
x and Tartars, by people of diftinétion, inftead: of tea ; but 
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