Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
May,  1913. 
Digitalis.  Foxglove. 
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many,  and  especially  England.  It  is  widely  cultivated,  not  only  for 
its  medicinal  properties,  but  also  as  a  garden  flower,  being  well 
1 .    Flower  and  fruits  of  Digitalis. 
(Much  reduced.) 
known  under  the  common  term  Foxglove,  a  name  ascribed  to  it 
both  from  its  resemblance  to  an  ancient  musical  instrument  known 
as  Foxes  Glen,  and  from  its  fancied  resemblance  to  a  gloved  finger. 
