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MEDICAL AND ŒCONOMICAL BOTANY. 
BY JOHN LINDLEY, Pu. D., E.R.S. 
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EXTRA! THE AUTHORS- PREFACE. 
“The Vegetable Kingdom contains, among a large qua ntity, of plants of no — wn importance to man, various usefu I species — i in medicine the arts, or in the 
many bran hes. of dour ceconowy. The-prineipal: bast of apne which ca i e brought by teachers in Europe ont the notice great 
mportance, deserve to * — the earliest subjects. of men following pages, w where they arranged in the manner proposed in the * 
Klxopou' of the author, with the sequence of matter departed fro 3 in a few. — when it was believed that t ing would be consulted 
by doing so. The author trusts that this selection will be found to have been made in such a way that all teachers w meas of illustrating 
their lectures, and all Botanic Gardens, may furnish the — on of the species which are — A small 3 was sei be because a greater 
would have dern beyond the reach of the e of purchasers; and secondly, because experience — a that those who have to study a science of observations 
such as 1 equire to concentrate their attention, in the first instance, upon a limited number of objec 
the work is similar to that so . employed by Linneeus in his Materia Medica, a at per ble in its day, although now —— and better 
—— — the 3 of medical men than any thing which a since appead, Each species, placed in its due position in the classification, has its vulgar or officinal 
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it bears in science, and, in a few words, t the co untry whence it comes, the quality it has been said to possess, and the uses to whic h it has been 
found rie Very short phrases are also given, for the purpose of showing how the genera or species are to be distinguished from each N 
The whole plan of the work is, in fact, to point out distinctions : and the fewest * words are employed with this view. In many instances the distinetions may 
not be absolute te, but they are sufficient for ordinary purposes. Those who wish to become better acquainted with Botany will, of course, m the ‘ VEGETABLE 
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Krnepom’ of the author the — of ulterior study. For the convenience of those who may desire to do so, references are made to that work throughout all t the 
WINE pages, 
SPECIMEN OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Penicintium. Link. Microscopie. Cobweb-like or mothery flocculent masses, producing simple globose, spores disposed in patches about th il-shaped 
1. P. glaucum G lee {te he agen PLANT 
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Mycelium a A ose tough crust-like o3 *r web; branches somewhat 
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it to vinegar. 
Mrcoprrma. It is probable that 
the a ceulent substance which 
= — in various infusions when. 
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er part of which had been 
ormed in water; but a N q 
branches reaching. the. ai 
duced the true fructification Pog 
this genus of Fungals, 
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f ‘figi by Dr. Pereira in the Pharmaceutical J sufficie: ee nt aoe (fig. 31) of the v tion in em tie succinate of 
... pebaks ne nls Sante = 
Nartuex. Falconer. Umbels oompound. nannt o. * * Fruit thin, compressed at the back, with a dilated ‘borden. Ridges 
3 only, r Vitte 1 to each dorsal furrow, an laterals. Albumen thin, flat. 
I. N. Asafetida Falconer. Ferula: Asafetids. rach acai Fig. 350. 
Radical leaves 3-parted ; segments bipinnatifid, with obne -lanceolate, obtuse, decurrent lobes. 
Z Laristan, Affghanistan, ip ie Pupjaub, Qualit. — fetid, stimulating, antispasmodic. 
es. p 8, C. ic catarrh, flatulent colic, ut 
N. B. This is the genuine Asafcetida plant, but probably the substance is also yielded by even species of Ferula. It has been conjectured to have produced the 
Silphium or Laser of the ancients, but on ee e evidence. See Tha — p. 256. 
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