- NLM Digital Collections - Chronological history of plants : man's record of his own existence illustrated through their ...Publication: Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1879... like laughter, giving rise to a proverb (compare Atropa belladonna). The fourth kind of “vatrahion” is described by ... to be used by beggars to produce ulcers.” Atropa belladonna of Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. ...
- NLM Digital Collections - Medicinal plants: an illustrated and descriptive guide to plants indigenous to and ...Publication: Philadelphia : J.C. Yorston & Co., 1892... here described: The European Belladonna, or Deadly Nightshade (Atropa Belladonna, Linn.); the Tropical Cayenne Pepper (Capsicum Annuum, Linn.); ... chestnuts of France, the mar- rons, a large variety of C. vesca, are much ... U. S. Ph. as Ex tractum Castanece Fluidum. PART USED AND PREPARATION.-The ...
- NLM Digital Collections - Medical botany, or, Descriptions of the more important plants used in medicine : with their ...Publication: Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard, 1847... found in the Alexandria senna of commerce. Dr. Royle observes of these varieties that he is " unable to distinguish them by ... but more tonic and astringent. The petioles make ex- cellent tarts. 4. R. webbianum, Royle.—Radical leaves large, long-stalked, cordate, acute; cauline ...
- NLM Digital Collections - Medicinal plants: an illustrated and descriptive guide to plants indigenous to and ...Publication: Philadelphia : J.C. Yorston & Co., 1892... plants of this order are eaten. Prangos fabularia, Lindl., is suggested by Royle to be the of the Greeks, mentioned by ...
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