sYNGENESiA jEqualis. Prenanthes. 
6. P. foliis lato-lanceolatis in petiolum attenuatis inaequaliter 
angulato-dentatis, panicula fasciculis terminalibus pau- 
cifloris nutantibus, calycibus hirsutis 10 — 12-fidis 
sub-20-floris .—-Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 84. 
In Illinois and on the high mountains of Carolina. Mi- 
chaux. If. + . 
7. P. foliis radicalibus angulato-hastatis dentatis sublobatis, 
caulinis subrotundo-ovatis dentatis petiolatis, summis 
lanceolatis, panicula laxa, fasciculis terminalibus nu- 
tantibus, calycibus 8~fidis 9-lO-floris. — JVittd. sp. 
pl. 3 . p. 1536. 
P. suavis. Par ad. lond. 85. 
Icon. Bot. mag. 1079* 
In shady woods : New England to Carolina. 2/ . Aug. 
Sept. v. v. About two feet high 3 calyces purple, 
flowers white. 
8. P. foliis ciliatis, radicalibus hastato-angulatis subinteger- 
rimis, inferioribus obovatis basi attenuatis subangulatis, 
summis lanceolatis integerrimis, racemo simplici, flo- 
ribus nutantibus. — WiUd. sp. pl. 3. p. 1537. 
P. alba j6. Sp.pl. 1122. 
P. autumnalis. Gron.jl. virg. l.p. 89. 
In shady woods : Pensylvania to Carolina. If. Aug.— - 
Oct. v. v. Resembles the preceding 3 not above 
eighteen inches high. 
9. P. foliis dentatis asperis, radicalibus palmato-sinuatis, 
caulinis longe petiolatis sinuato-pinnatifidis subtrilobis: 
lacinia intermedia 3-partita, summis lanceolatis, ra- 
cemis terminalibus subpaniculatis brevibus nutantibus, 
calycibus 8-fidis 12-floris. 
On the mountains of Virginia and Carolina. If. Aug. 
—Oct. v. v. About two feet high ; flowers pale 
purple. This plant is known by the inhabitants under 
the name of Lion' s-foot , and is in high, esteem as a 
specific in curing the bite of the rattlesnake. During 
my travels through the mountains of Virginia, I had 
an opportunity of being a witness of the efficacy of 
this remedy. A man living in Cove-mountains, near 
the Sweet-springs, was bit in the foot by a Mocassin 
snake, a species considered the most dangerous. An 
inflammation and swelling of his whole leg took place 
immediately ; but by taking the milky juice of this plant 
boiled in milk, inwardly, and applying to the wound the 
steeped leaves, which were very frequently changed, 
he was cured in a few days. As this plant deserves 
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crepidina. 
alba . 
rubicunda 
Ser pent aria. 
