sYNGENESiA JEGUALis. Prenanthes. 
6. P. foliis lato-lanceolatis in petiolum attenuatis inaequaliter 
angulato-den tatis, panicula fasciculis terminalibus pau- 
citioris nutantibus, calycibus hirsutis 10 — 12-hdis 
sub-20-floris*. — Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 84. 
In Illinois and on the high mountains of Carolina, ikfz- 
chaux. 1/. 4-. 
7. P. foliis radicalibus angulato-hastatis dentatis sublobatis, 
caulinis subrotundo-ovatis dentatis petiolatis, summis 
lanceolatis, panicula laxa, fasciculis terminalibus nu- 
tantibus, calycibus 8-tidis sp. 
pl 3.p. 1536. 
P. suavis. Parad. lond, 85. 
Icon. Bot. mag. IO79. 
Jn shady woods ; New England to Carolina. . Aug. 
Sept. V. V. About two feet high j calyces purple, 
flowers white. 
8. P. foliis ciliatis, radicalibus hastato-angulatis subinteger- 
rimis, inferioribus obovatis basi attenuatis subangulatis, 
suramis lanceolatis integerrimis, racemo simplici, fio- 
ribus nutantibus.- — Willd, sp. pl. 3. p. 1537« 
P. alba /3. Sp. pl. 1122. 
P. autumnalis. Gron.fl. virg, l.p. 89. 
in shady woods : Pensylvania to Carolina. 1/ . Aug,-— 
Oct. V. V. E.esembles the preceding; not above 
eighteen inches high. 
9. P. foliis dentatis asperis, radicalibus palmato- sinuatis, Serpentaria 
caulinis longe petiolatis sinuato-pinnatifidis subtrilobis: 
lacinia intermedia 3-partita, summis lanceolatis, ra- 
cemis terminalibus subpaniculatis brevibus nutantibus, 
calycibus 8~fidis 12-flons. 
On the mountains of Virginia and Carolina. 7/. Aug. 
— Oct. V. V. About two feet high ; flowers pale 
purple. This plant is knov/n by the inhabitants under 
the name of Liords-foot, and is in high esteem as a 
specific in curing the bite of the rattlesnake. During 
ray travels through the mountains of Virginia, I had 
an opportunity of being a witness of the efficacy of 
this remedy. A man living in Gove-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 3 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. 
