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STILLINGIA SYLVATICA. 
ART. LXI.— STILLING! A SYLVATICA, OR QUEEN'S DELIGHT. 
By H. R. Frost, M. D., of Charleston, S. C. 
Although it is probable, that the materia medica is 
already sufficientljr ample to enable us to contend with the 
various diseases of life, and the improvements we should 
aim at, would be, rather an increase of pathological know- 
ledge, and a more improved application of the means we 
already possess : yet when an article is brought before us 
with such strong claims to our attention, from the experi- 
ments which have been made with it, and from the effects 
produced, I cannot, with any propriety, refuse its admission 
amongst our numerous means of curing diseases. We are 
too much disposed to be led away by novelty, and to adopt 
among our curative agents, many articles which have little 
else to recommend them j but of the present article, we may 
think more favourably, as it has been in use many years, 
and reports of its effects still reach our ears from legitimate 
and illegitimate sources. 
Description of the Plant. 
Class — Monsecia Monadelphia. — Linn. 
Natural order — Euphorbiaceae. 
Root — large, woody, perennial. 
Stem — herbaceous, two to three feet high, somewhat 
angled by the base of the leaves, with the whole plant 
glabrous and lactescent. 
Leaves— alternate, irregularly serrulate, somewhat cori- 
aceous, shining on the upper face, paler underneath. 
Flowers — in a terminal spike, the upper crowded as in 
an anient, sterile, with interposing cupulate glands. 
Fertile florets, few at base. 
Grows in dry sandy soils, and flowers in May and June. 
