General therapeutics and materia medica (volume 1): adapted for a medical text book . Magnolia Glauca. Magnolia macrophylla. 23. Eryngium, Buttonsnakeroot. The root ofEryngium aquaticum, But-ton snakeroot or waterEryngo; Sex. Syst. Pen-tandria Digynia ; Nat. , which growsin Virginia and Carolina,flowering in August, has a / bitter, aromatic, pungenttaste; resembling, appa-rently, in its action, the or-dinary aromatic tonics. Inlarge doses it is said to beemetic. The author knows/ nothing of its virtues from/ his own experience ; nor ishe acquainted with manywho do. 24. Magnoli

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General therapeutics and materia medica (volume 1): adapted for a medical text book . Magnolia Glauca. Magnolia macrophylla. 23. Eryngium, Buttonsnakeroot. The root ofEryngium aquaticum, But-ton snakeroot or waterEryngo; Sex. Syst. Pen-tandria Digynia ; Nat. , which growsin Virginia and Carolina,flowering in August, has a / bitter, aromatic, pungenttaste; resembling, appa-rently, in its action, the or-dinary aromatic tonics. Inlarge doses it is said to beemetic. The author knows/ nothing of its virtues from/ his own experience ; nor ishe acquainted with manywho do. 24. Magnolia. This isthe bark of Magnolia glau-ca, White Bay, Sweet Bay,Swamp Sassafras, Beavertree;—of M. acuminata, Cucumber tree, and of M. tripet-ala, Umbrella tree; Sex. Polygynia ; Nat. ; all of which areindigenous in the United States,and admired for the beauty of theiri foliage, and the size and fragranceI of their flowers. The bark of thei root is considered to be most ac-Hffilj tive; but that of the trunk andwMl branches is officinal also. It has abitter, combined

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