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  • Jak tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) with fruit in the Society Islands. Pen drawing.
  • N. Grew, the anatomy of plants / With an ide
  • John Coakley Lettsom, physician, with his family, in the garden of Grove Hill, Camberwell.
  • Inula helenium L. Asteraceae. Elecampine, Elecampane, Enulae campinae Distribution: Britain, S. Europe to the Himalayas. Used medicinally for 2,000 years. Culpeper (1650) writes ‘Elecampane, is ... wholesome for the stomach, resists poison, helps old coughs and shortness of breath, helps ruptures and provokes lust