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Descriptions of plants furnishing root drugs, 11–65 root drugs, 11–65 scope of, 11

Devils-apple. See May-apple, 39–40 bit. See Chamaelirium and Aletris, 17–18, 19–20 bite. See Hellebore, American, 18–19 bones. See Yam, wild, 21–22 ear. See Turnip, wild, 13–14 grass. See Couch-grass, 12–13

Dioscorea, D. villosa, and D. villosa var. glabra. See Yam, wild, 21–22

Dishcloth. See Bethroot, 20–21

Dock, bitter, blunt-leaved, broad-leaved, butter, common, curled, narrow, and sour. See Dock, yellow, 27–29 cuckold. See Burdock, 64–65 elf, and velvet. See Elecampane, 62–63 yellow, description, 27–29

Dogbane, riverbank, and velvet. See Indian hemp, black, 55–56 grass. See Couch-grass, 12–13

Doon-head-clock. See Dandelion, 60–61

Dovefoot. See Crane’s-bill, 44–45

Dracontium and D. foetidum. See Skunk-cabbage, 15

Dragon, brown, and dragon-turnip. See Turnip, wild, 13–14

Dragon’s-claw. See Crawley-root, 24–25

Dropwort, western. See Indian-physic, 42–43

Dryopteris filix-mas and D. marginalis. See Male-fern, 11–12

Duckretter. See Hellebore, American, 18–19

Duck’s-foot. See May-apple, 39–40

Durfa-grass. See Couch-grass, 12–13

Durfee-grass. See Couch-grass, 12–13

Dutch-grass. See Couch-grass, 12–13

Earth-gall. See Hellebore, American, 18–19

Echinacea angustifolia. See Echinacea, description, 63 description, 63

Elder, horse. See Elecampane, 62–63

Elecampane, description, 62–63

Elf-dock. See Elecampane, 62–63 wort. See Elecampane, 62–63

Eryngium, E. aquaticum, and E. yuccifolium. See Water-eryngo, 50–51

Eryngo. See Water-eryngo, 50–51

Eryngo, water, description, 50–51

Eupatorium maculatum and E. purpureum. See Queen-of-the-meadow, 61–62

Explanation of plates, 68 term “root drugs”, 9

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