. The American flora : or history of plants and wild flowers : containing their scientific and general description, natural history, chemical and medical properties, mode of culture, propagation , &c., designed as a book of reference for botanists, physicians, florists, gardeners, students, ound this to be a powerfuland dangerous substance, drastic even in small doses, and in largerones it causes vertigo and bloody stools. Notwithstanding the dan-gerous properties of this plant, it has been introduced into medicalpractice as a substitute for the helonias dioicia, (Unicorn,) and exten-siv
. The American flora : or history of plants and wild flowers : containing their scientific and general description, natural history, chemical and medical properties, mode of culture, propagation , &c., designed as a book of reference for botanists, physicians, florists, gardeners, students, ound this to be a powerfuland dangerous substance, drastic even in small doses, and in largerones it causes vertigo and bloody stools. Notwithstanding the dan-gerous properties of this plant, it has been introduced into medicalpractice as a substitute for the helonias dioicia, (Unicorn,) and exten-sively used throughout the United States. The root, which is in-tensely bitter when tinctured in alcohol, becomes turbid upon the addi-tion of water. The decoction is moderately bitter, but much less sothan the tincture, and affords no precipitate with the salts of iron. Insmall doses it appears to be simply tonic, and may at times be advan-tageously employed for similar purposes with other bitters of the sameclass. When given in large doses it produces nausea and powder is frequently administered as a tonic in the dose of eightor ten grains. It also enters into the various preparations preparedby some physicians in the treatment of prolapsus, general weakness,and obstructions. -. 7 NAT. ORDER. ?omacece. CITRUS AURANTIUM. ORANGE TREE. Class XVIII. PoLYADELPHiA. Order II. Polyandria. Gen. Char. Calyx, five cleft. Petals, five, oblong. Anthers,twenty, the filaments united into several parcels. Berry, mnc-celled. Spe. Char. Petioles, winged. Leaves, accuminated. This handsome evers:reeti rises from six to twelve feet in heightsending ofF many branches, and covered with a greyish bark ; theleaves are nearly eliptical, pointed, smooth, entire, of a shining greencolor, and stand upon strong winged footstalks; the Jloivers appearduring the whole summer, they are large, white, and rise from thesmaller branches upon simple and branched peduncles ; the calyx , an
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