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  1. ... 50 do pits, ....... 1 00 Pennyroyal,....... 0 25 Peony flowers, .... 0 50 do roots,...... 0 75 Peppermint, ...... ... Botanical names. Amygdalus persica, do do Hedeoma pulegiodes, Paeonia officinalis, do do Mentha piperita, Properties. Ver. Ton. ...
  2. ... fig. 9), fasciculated tubers of the dahlia and peony (fig. 10), and the tuberous roots shown in ... Moniliform Roots. Fig. 10.—Fasciculated Root of the Peony. 76. Describe the various roots of herbaceous plants, ...
  3. NLM Digital Collections - Botanical grammar and dictionary 
    Publication: Albany : Printed by Websters and Skinners, at their bookstore, at the elm tree, in State-Street, corner of Pearl-Street, 1828
    ... effected by the stamens becoming petals ; as the peony, rose, fee. This rarely takes place in monopetalous ... are mostly changed to petals. Car- nations and peony are exam- ples also. These are all mon- ...
  4. ... FIG. 30. Section of a seed of a Peony, showing a very small embryo in the albumen, ... 3. tercup or the Columbine, and in the Peony (Fig. 30, 31), where, however, it is large ...
  5. NLM Digital Collections - The Edinburgh new dispensatory ... : with the additions of the most approved formulae, from ... 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Printed by Thomas Dobson, at the stone-house, no. 41, South Second-Street, MDCCXCVI [1796]
    ... ft- men. Peconia officinalis Lin. Male and female peony ; the root and feed. Thefe plants are cultivated ... be taken promifcuoufly. The roots and feeds of peony have, when recent, an unpleafant feent, ap- proaching ...
  6. NLM Digital Collections - Flora Carolinaeensis : or, A historical, medical, and economical display of the vegetable ... 
    Publication: Charleston [S. C.] : Printed for the author by John Hoff ..., 1806
    ... wort, Mace, Marjoram, Mug-wort, Nutmegs, Orange Peel, Peony, Pimpernell, Rosemary, Rue, Saffron, Savin, Spikenard, Stoechas, Valerian. • ... Mulberries, Myrtle, Myrrh, Oak, Perssimon bark and fruit, Peony, Plantain, Pomegranate, Pine- Nuts, Privet flowers, Purslane, Red ...
  7. NLM Digital Collections - Medicina Britannica, or A treatise on such physical plants, as are generally to be found in ... 
    Publication: [Philadelphia] : London printed : Philadelphia re-printed, and sold by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, at the post-office, in Market-Street, MDCCLI [1751]
    ... the Epi- lepfy. Sylvius juftly prefers it to Peony." Its Leaves cure flight Wounds. The Root is ... mofs in Wine ; or.^an Amulet of Male Peony Root, taken up between the Hours of 11 ...
  8. NLM Digital Collections - An introduction to physiological and systematical botany 
    Publication: Boston : Published by Bradford and Read ..., 1814
    ... as in numerous herba- ceous plants, as the Peony, and more especially many of the Lily tribe. ... ces are only of annual duration ; in the Paeonia, Paeo- ny, t. 1513, and Spiroza Fihpendula, Drop ...
  9. ... Skull prepared, powder of the roots of male peony, of each an ounce and a half; contrayer ... Take of apopanax, crude antimony, dragoon's blood, caftor, peony-feeds, of each an equal quantity; make a ...
  10. NLM Digital Collections - Medical recipe book 
    Publication: Produced: [ca. 1750]
    ... Gripes Take Alexiteriale Milk Water 4 Ounces Compound Peony water 1 Ounce Liquid Laudanum 20 Drops Syrup ... Salt of Amber twenty Grains, Compound Syrup of Peonys Enough to make it into an Electuary, Dose, ...
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