
          but in his description he tells us they are nearly oval! All his original 
descriptions, where he had not Woodville to refer to, are , one unintelligible.

6. Convolvulus panduratus. Bind weed, greater; or, man in the ground.
Convolvulus panduratus, major.
The convolvulus panduratus must be the plant intended,
but the engraving is most unequivocally taken from Woodville,
and corresponds exactly with the Convolvulus scammonia.
7. Black snakeroot. Radix anapodophyllon 
nigrus.
We shall not attempt to conjecture what this may be, having 
nothing but the rude representation of a leaf to guide us. The scientific 
name is truly original. The botanist must have forgotten 
his promise to avoid technical terms.
8. Sanguinaria canadensis. Sanguinaria canadinses. Blood root.
9. Lobelia siphilitica. Lobelia siphilitica. Blue cardinal flowers.
10. Eupatorium perfoliatum. Eupatorium perfoliatum. Bonesel, or Throughwort.
11. Bowman's root, Bowmon's root, or Indian physick. Americana [crossed out: ipecacuanhua.
ipecacuanha.
We have here one of the most singular and bungling examples of imposition
that Samuel Henry, botanist has attempted to palm on his readers. The engraving of this [crossed out: ipecacuanha] Americana ipecacuanha
is an exact representation of the true ipecacuanha, coppied [copied] from Woodville. 
The plant affording this valuable drug, not being botanically 
known, the engraving was taken from an imperfect specimen 
which had been sent to sir Joseph Banks from South 
America. The [crossed out: American] principal American substitute for ipecacuanha
is afforded by the bark of the root of the Spiraea trifoliata, 
well known by the name of "Indian physick." Larger doses are required 
of this than of the imported kind. This fact being stated by Henry, we are 
induced to think, that whatever plant he may employ, he has taken 
an account of the medical qualities of the Spiraea trifoliata from 
the New American Dispensatory, or some other American publication.
Thus, along with an engraving of the imported ipecacuanha, 
we have the medical qualities of the Spiraea trifoliata treated 
of, while his description evidently refers to some plant totally 
distinct from either! The flowers of the imported ipecacuanha, 
he can know nothing about, and in his description, he speaks of a 
perennial plant* with small blue flowers, whereas, the Sp. trifoliata [Spiraea trifoliata]
is annual, and the flowers white.
12. Asclepias decumbens. Butterfly weed, or flux root. Asclepias decumbens.
This is no doubt the Asclepias decumbens, although we should not have 
suspected it from the engraving.
13. Cohush [Cohosh], or papoose root. Caulophyllum thalictroides.
We shall not pretend to guess what this plant may be, but as it

*The root of the Spiraea trifoliata is perennial.
        