DAUCUS — CARllOT. 



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Pari Ui^ed. — The root — not official. 



ConslUuenls. — Unknown. 



J 'reparations. — Administered in decoction. 



Med'''nl Properties and Uses. — Button snakeroot is one of the ijumerous 

 plants reputed to cure the bite of the rattlesnake. It is diaphoretic, di- 

 uretic, expectorant, and in large doses emetic. 



Other indigenous species of this genns probably possess similar prop- 

 erties. 



DATJCUS.— Cauuot. 



Daucus Carota Linne. — Garrut. 



Description. — Calyx 5-toothjd. Corolla, petals obovate, emarginato 

 with an iullexed point, the exterior ones larger than the others, deeply 2- 



Fm. 1"0 — Danons Ciirotn. 



cleft Fruit ovate or oblong ; the carpels nitL 5 primray slender bristly 

 ribs, of wb' h. lU'ee ave on the back and two on the flattened surface, and 

 4 secondary ribs, each with a single row of bristles, and uuderjieath it an 

 oil-tube. 



