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Web of Healing

William P. C. Barton, Medical Botany, 1817

Table 31, Carolina Pink-root, Spigelia marilandica

Table 32, Wild Ginger, Asarum canadense

Table 33, Spice wood, Laurus benzoin

Table 34, (Threeleaf) Goldthread, Coptis trifolia

Table 35, American Columbo, Frasera walteri

Table 36, Seneka Snake-root, Polygala seneka

Table 37, Bone-set, Thorough wort, Eupatorium perfoliatum

Table 38, Indian Cucumber, Medelola virginica

Table 39, Wild Indigo, Baptisia tinctoria

Table 40, Alum-root (American alumroot), Heuchera americana

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William Paul Crillon Barton, M.D., Vegetable Material Medica of the United States; or Medical Botany...Illustrated by Coloured Engravings, made after original drawings from nature, done by the author. 1817.