4994. 
4995- 
4996. 
4997- 
4998. 
4999. 
5000. 
5001. 
5002. 
5003. 
5004. 
5005. 
5006. 
5007. 
5008. 
5009. 
5010. 
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THE IVY FAMILY (draliaceae) 
American spikenard.—The root of Aralia racemosa L. Native of the 
eastern United States. Collected by H. H. Rusby at Upper Montclair, 
New Jersey. 
Wild, or Virginia, sarsaparilla. Small spikenard.—The root of Aralia nudi- 
caulis L. Native of eastern and central North America. Collected by 
H. H. Rusby at Montclair Heights, New Jersey, July 3, 1919. 
Dwarf elder root.—The root of Aralia hispida L. Native of eastern North 
America. From the New York drug market. Presented by H. H. Rusby. 
Powdered Chinese ginseng, or jinsheng.—The ground root of Panax Ginseng 
Nees. Native of eastern Asia and cultivated. From the New York drug 
market. Presented by H. H. Rusby. 
Exhausted Korean ginseng, or jinsheng.—The preceding, after the removal of 
its active constituent. Same source. 
THE CARROT FAMILY (Ammiaceae) 
Brimstone, or sulphur, root. Hog-fennel.—The root of Peucedanum off- 
cinale L. Native of Europe. Presented by Merck & Company, of New 
York. 
Masterwort. Felonwort.—The root of Imperatoria Ostruthium L. Native 
of central and southern Europe. Presented by Parke, Davis & Company, 
of New York. 
Lovage. Levisticum. (See No. 1958.) Presented by Parke, Davis & 
Company, of New York. 
Spurious lovage.—The roots of an undetermined plant of the family Ammta- 
ceae, collected near Asheville, North Carolina, and offered in the New 
York drug market as lovage. Presented by H. H. Rusby. 
Parsley root.—The root of Apium Petroselinum L. (See No. 1578.) Pre- 
sented by Parke, Davis & Company, of New York. 
Sumbul root.—The root of Ferula Sumbul Hook. f. Native of central and 
northwestern Asia. Presented by Parke, Davis & Company, of New York. 
Eryngium root. Seminole black drink.—The root of Eryngium synchaetum 
(A. Gray) Coulter and Rose. Native of the southeastern United States. 
Collected by R. M. Harper in Sumpter County, Georgia, 1900. 
Another sample of the same. Collected by Perley Poore Sheehan in Florida, 
1919. 
Black snake-root, or sanicle-—The root of Sanicula marylandica L, Native 
of the eastern United States. Collected by P. Wilson in Bedford Park, 
New York, July 21, 1899. 
Woolly sweet cicely, or sweet anise.—The root of Washingtonia Claytoni 
(Michx.) Britton. Native of eastern North America. Collected by P. 
Wilson in Bedford Park, New York, June 21, 1899. 
Anise root.—The root of Pimpinella Anisum L. (See No. 1573.) Presented 
by Parke, Davis & Company, of New York. 
Small pimpernel. Burnett saxifrage-——The root of Pimpinella Saxifraga L. 
Native of central and western Asia. Presented by Parke, Davis & Com- 
pany, of New York. 
