TRUE JALAP PLANT. 
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the past summer a number of recent tubers were likewise 
received in this city from Dr. Burr oughs, United States 
Consul at Vera Cruz, which throve well in the hands of 
individuals to whom they were committed; one of them 
attained the state of inflorescence in the green-house of Prof. 
Wood; the characters of the plant agreed with the accounts 
contained in the communications referred to. The tubers 
possessed the same sensible properties as the officinal drug. 
This confirmation of the facts announced previously, must 
settle the mooted question among botanists, as regards the 
source of jalap. 
J. C. 
