sYNGfiNESiA MGtvkLis. Prenanthes. 
P. foliis latO'lanceolatis in petiolum attenuatis inaequalUer 
angulato-dentatis, panicola fasciculis terminalibus pau- 
cifloris nutantibns, calycibus hirsutis 10 — 12-tidis 
sub-20-floris. — Mich.Ji. arner. 2. p. 84. 
In Illinois and on the high mountains of Carolina. Mi- 
chaux. 1/. +. 
/. P. foliis radicalibus angnlato-hastatis dentatis sublobatis, 
caulinis subrotundo-ovatis dentatis petiolatis, summis 
lanceolatis, panicula laxa, fasciculis terminalibus nu- 
tantibus, calycibus 8~fidis 9-lO-floris.-— sp. 
pL 3. p. 1536. 
P. suavis. Farad, lond, 85. 
Icon. Bot. mag. IO79. 
In shady woods : New England to Carolina. 11 . 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, do- 
ribus nutantibus. — JVilld, sp. pi. 3. p. 1537. 
P. alba /3. Sp. pl. 1122. 
P. autumnalis. Gron.Jl. virg. X. p. 89. 
In shady woods ; Pensylvania to Carolina. 11 . Aug.-— 
Oct. V. V. Resembles the preceding 3 not above 
eighteen inches high. 
9. P. foliis dentatis asperis, radicalibus palmato-sinuatis, Serpentaria, 
caulinis longe petiolatis sinuato-pinnatifidis subtrilobis : 
lacinia intermedia S^-partita, summis lanceolatis, ra- 
cemis terminalibus subpaniculatis brevibus nutantibus, 
calycibus 8-fidis 12-floris. 
On the mountains of Virginia and Carolina. 1/. Aug. 
— Oct. V. V. About two feet high 3 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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crepldina. 
alba. 
rubicunda. 
