DAUC US — CAREOT. 



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Part Used. — The root — not official. 



Constituents. — Unknown. 



Preparations. — Administered in decoction. 



Medical Properties and Uses. — Button snakeroot is one of the numerous 

 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 genus probably possess similar prop- 

 erties. 



DAUCUS.— Caiuiot. 



Daucus Carota Linne. — Carrot. 



Description. — Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla, petals obovate, emarginate 

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



Fig. 130.— Daucus Carota. 



cleft. Fruit ovate or oblong ; the carpels with 5 primary slender bristly 

 ribs, of which three are on the back and two on the flattened surface, and 

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

 oil-tube. 



