. A manual of the medical botany of North America [microform]. Botany, Medical; Botany; Botanique médicale; Botanique. LAPPAâBURDOCK. 185 A perennial lierli, 1 to 2^ feet high. R;i(li'"il leaves orbicular or round- ish-ovate, mostly cordate, crenatc-serrato, petiolate; the lower t;auliiu! lyrate, the upper lanceolate, cut-i)innatilid, sessile or partly clasping. Heads in an umbel-like corymb, appearing in May and June. A very va- riable species. Habitat.âIn swamps, marshes, and wet places ; common everywhere. Part C'fied.âThe entire plantânot official. (JondU lie Ills.âUnknown. rirpamtii
. A manual of the medical botany of North America [microform]. Botany, Medical; Botany; Botanique médicale; Botanique. LAPPAâBURDOCK. 185 A perennial lierli, 1 to 2^ feet high. R;i(li'"il leaves orbicular or round- ish-ovate, mostly cordate, crenatc-serrato, petiolate; the lower t;auliiu! lyrate, the upper lanceolate, cut-i)innatilid, sessile or partly clasping. Heads in an umbel-like corymb, appearing in May and June. A very va- riable species. Habitat.âIn swamps, marshes, and wet places ; common everywhere. Part C'fied.âThe entire plantânot official. (JondU lie Ills.âUnknown. rirpamtiimn.âCommonly employed in decoction. There are commer- cial fluid extracts and a so-called senecin. Medical Properties and Use/f.âSaid to be diaphoretic, diui-etic, tonic, and emmenagogue. Considerably used and praisedâby eclectics. Several other sjiecies of senecio are said to possess similar properties. LAPPA.âBuuDocK. Lappa officinalis Allioni.âBurdock. DeacriptioH.âHeads many-flowered; the flowers all tubular, pei*fect, the corolla regularly S-ch'ft, 10- nerved. Involucre globular, the imbricated scales coriaceous and ajjpressed at the base, subulate and sjireading above, tipped with a hooked appendage. Ito- ccpiacle flat, flosliy, and some- what 1)ristly. Achenia oblong, compressed, glabrous, wrinkled transversel}'. Pai)ims of numer- ous short rough bristles, not united at the base, deciduous. A coarse, ill-scented, bien- nial herb, 1 to 4 feet high. Lower leaves v(?ry large, cor- date, slightly undulate on the margins, more or less tomen- tose beneath, smoother above ; the upper ovate. Heads rela- tively small, solitary or some- what corymbose ; flowers pur- ple, varying to white, appear- ing from July to autumn. Habit at where. Parts Used.âThe rootâUnited States Pharmacopoeia. also employed, but are not }'\ '- '^-'â 'â¢'iff'-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabi
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