Alphabet of medical botany, for the use of beginners / by James Rennie.

  • Rennie, James, 1787-1867.
Date:
1834
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Credit: Alphabet of medical botany, for the use of beginners / by James Rennie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    Pm Plants (Leguminosse). Flowers with a bell shaped, five cleft, calyx; stamens ten; fruit a pod, or legume, or a two valved capsule. Stemless Milk Vetch (Astraga- lus exscapus). Goats' Thorn {Astragalus gum- Blue Melilot {Melilotus ceeru- leus). Tragacanth Tree {Astragalus verus). Bladder Senna Tree {Colutea arborescens). Dragon's-blood Tree {Pteroear- pus draco). Copaiba Tree {Copaifera offici- nalis] . Balsam of Tolu Tree (Myro- spermum peruiferum). Acute-leaved Senna {Cassia acutifolia). American Senna (Cassia Mary- landica). Tamarind T:teQ(Tamarindus In- dica), Nephretic Wood (Guilandina moringa). Catechu Tree (Mimosa cate- chu). Wild ladlp3(Baptisiatinctoria). Virginia Groats' Rue (Galega Virginianti). mifer). Liquorice (Glycirrhiza glabra). Sanders Tree (Pterocarpus san- talinus). Peruvian Balsam Tree (Myroxy- lum balsamifenim). Cabbage Tree (Geoffreya iner- mis). Egg-leaved Senna (Cassia obo- vuta). Purging Cassia (Cassia fistula). Logwood Tree (Hcematoxylum Campcchianum). Gum Arabic Tree (Mimosa Ni- ■ lotica). Gum Senegal Tree (Mimosa Senegal). Cowhage (Dolichos pruriens). Buck Thorns (Rhamneae). Flowers with a four or five lobed calyx; corolla, when present, with four or five petals; fruit dry or fleshy. Buck Thorn (Rhamnus cathar- ticus). Jujube Tree (Rhamnus zizi- phus). Common Holly (Ilex aquifo- lium). Black Alder (Rhamnus fran- gula). Winter Berry (Prinos verticil- latus). Evergreen Cassine (Ilex vomito- ria). Turpentine Trees (Terebinthaceae). Flowers small, in branchy clusters; calyx deeply four or five parted; corolla, when present, with five petals; stamens five or ten; fruit a drape. Elm leaved Sumach (Rhtis co- riaria). Poison Oak (Rhus toxicoden. dron).