ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Plate I. Fig. 1.—Marginal-fruited shield-fern (Dryopteris marginalis). Fig. 2.—Skunk-cabbage (Spathyema foetida). Fig. 3.—Sweet-flag (Acorus calamus). Fig. 4.—Bethroot (Trillium erectum). 68
II. Fig. 1.—Chamaelirium (Chamaelirium luteum). Fig. 2.—Aletris (Aletris farinosa). Fig. 3.—Wild yam (Dioscorea villosa). Fig. 4.—Blue flag (Iris versicolor). 68
III. Fig. 1.—Large yellow lady’s-slipper (Cypripedium hirsutum). Fig. 2.—Canada snakeroot (Asarum canadense). Fig. 3.—Virginia serpentaria (Aristolochia serpentaria). Fig. 4.—Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis). 68
IV. Fig. 1.—Oregon grape (Berberis aquifolium). Fig. 2.—Blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides). Fig. 3.—Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense). Fig. 4.—Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens). 68
V. Fig. 1.—Indian-physic (Porteranthus trifoliatus). Fig. 2.—Wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis). Fig. 3.—Ginseng (Panax quinquefolium). Fig. 4.—Water-eryngo (Eryngium yuccifolium). 68
VI. Fig. 1.—American angelica (Angelica atropurpurea). Fig. 2.—Pinkroot (Spigelia marilandica). Fig. 3.—Pleurisy-root (Asclepias tuberosa). Fig. 4.—Comfrey (Symphytum officinale). 68
VII. Fig. 1.—Stoneroot (Collinsonia canadensis). Fig. 2.—Queen-of-the-meadow (Eupatorium purpureum). Fig. 3.—Elecampane (Inula helenium). Fig. 4.—Echinacea (Brauneria angustifolia). 68
TEXT FIGURES.
Fig. 1. Couch-grass (Agropyron repens) 13
2. Wild turnip (Arisaema triphyllum) 14
3. American hellebore (Veratrum viride) 19
4. Crawley-root (Corallorhiza odontorhiza) 25
5. Yellow dock (Rumex crispus), first year’s growth 27
6. Broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius), leaf, fruiting spike, and root 28
7. Pokeweed (Phytolacca decandra), flowering and fruiting branch 30
8. Pokeweed root 30
9. Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis), flowering plant and fruit 32
10. Goldenseal rootstock 33
11. Goldthread (Coptis trifolia) 34
12. Black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa), leaves, flowering spikes, and rootstock 35
13. Twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla), plant and seed capsule 38
814. May-apple (Podophyllum peltatum), upper portion of plant with flower, and rootstock 39
15. Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), flowering plant with rootstock 41
16. Wild indigo (Baptisia tinctoria), branch showing flowers and seed pods 43
17. Crane’s-bill (Geranium maculatum), flowering plant, showing also seed pods and rootstock 45
18. Seneca snakeroot (Polygala senega), flowering plant with root 46
19. Stillingia (Stillingia sylvatica), upper portion of plant and part of spike showing male flowers 47
20. Yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens) 52
21. American colombo (Frasera carolinensis), leaves, flowers, and seed pods 54
22. Black Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum), flowering portion, pods, and rootstock 55
23. Culver’s-root (Veronica virginica), flowering top and rootstock 59
24. Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) 61
25. Burdock (Arctium lappa), flowering branch and root 64
B. P. I.—283.
AMERICAN ROOT DRUGS.
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