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GYNANDRIA, DODECANDRIA. 
Serpentaria 1, A. leaves cordate, oblong, acuminate; stem 
Canadense. 
flexuous, adscendent; peduncles radical; lip of 
the corolla lanceolate.— Willd. 
Icon. Woodville’s Med. Bot. vol. 2. t. 106. 
and Bart. Veg. Mat. Med. U. S. vol. 2. 
Virginian Snake-root. 
A well-known plant, by the above name. About six orten 
inches high. Flowers at the root, dingy-purple. Possesses 
medicinal properties. (See Woodville and Barton.) On the 
banks of the Wissahickon, in the woods near Powelton, the 
woods of Jersey, a mile or two east of Kaighn’s point; and in 
* those above the falls of Schuylkill, west side; rather rare. Pe- 
rennial. May, June. 
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ORDERIV. DODECANDRIA. 
343. ASARUM. Gen. pl. 801. (Aristolochie.) 
Calix subcampanulate, 3 or 4-cleft. Corolla 
none. Anthers adnate to the middle of 
the filaments. Capsule inferior, 6-celled, 
crowned with the calix.— WVutt. 
1. A. a pair of leaves, broad-reniform ; calix 
woolly, deeply three-parted ; segments sub-lan- 
ceolate, refiexed.— Mich., Willd., and Pursh. 
A. Carolinianum, Walt. 
A. latifolium, Salisb. Prodr. 
Iccn. Bart. Veg. Mat. Med. U. S. vol. 2. 
American Asarabacca. Wild Ginger. 
A very aromatic plant, possessing the properties of Eu- 
ropean Asarabacca. Flowers at the root, dingy-purple. Leaves 
large and broad. On the hills bordering the Schuylkill, above 
the falls, west side. Notcommon. Perennial. April. 
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