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the fame line is exprefled, by a' fingle epithet; 

 whether it be an herb^ Jhruhy ox tree : whether it 

 be annual^ biennial^ ox perennial : alfo, whether it 

 be indigenous ; or if not, whether it thrives well hj 

 common cultivation in gardens, or requires de- 

 fence from the cold of the winter in Sweden s or 

 whether it will not endure that climate. 



4. The Swedijh officinal name, what part is in 

 ufe, or what preparation of it, if any i and the 

 dofes of each. 



5. The fenfthle quality of the plant ; whether 

 bitter^ aromatic^ acid, ajiringent^ &c. ; whether /r^?- 

 grant, foetid, or inodorous \ whether gummy ^ refinous^ 

 ox milky. Its reputed quality whether uncertain^ 

 well-known, and approved ; or whether to be cau- 

 tiouQy ufed. Whether chiefly ufed in phyfic, or 

 for culinary purpofes. 



6. Its reputed effeds on the human body,' 

 whether purging, emetic, diuretic, &c. 



7. The difeafes in which it is moft frequently 

 prefcribed. 



8. The compound medicines into which it en-? 

 ters in the Swedijh difpenfatory. 



At the end of the volume is an index morborumi 

 with the fimpies appropriated to each : and an 

 index virium, adapted to a preceding claflification, 

 founded on their qualities or effeds, either on the 

 folids or fluids of the human body. 



In the year 1749 was pubiifhed the firft volume 

 of a coliedion of Thefes in 8°, under the title of 

 Amcenitates Academical, feu Differ tationes vari^e, phy-^ 

 ftca-i medico, et botanic a. This publication has 



been 



