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Show COMMON INULA, OR ELECAMPANE. (fie: rancid ; in a little timeit discovers an aromatic bitterness, which by degrees becomes considerably acrid and pungent. MEDICAL VIRTUE. The root is esteemed a good pectoral, and, like angelica root, is candicd ; and these have become nowa sweetmeat for children. Dr, Hill says, that from his own experience he has found an infusion of the fresh root, sweetened with honey, to be very successful in the hooping cough. There is another species of this plant called dysenterica, which is good in the flux, and is used by the common people for this purpose. COMMONINULA, or ELECAMPANE. INULA HELENIUM. Class XIX. Syngenesia. Order If. Polygamia superflua. Ussent, Gen. Cuar. Receptacle naked: Pappus simple: Anthers ending at the base in two sete. Spec. Cuar. Leaves embracing, ovate, wrinkled, tomentose: Scales of the Calyx ovate. eee DESCRIPTION.: Tus plant rises three feet. Leaves large, ovate, serrated, full of netted veins. Midrib large, fleshy ; the upper leaves sessile. Flowers verylarge, yellow, terminal: the florets in the rayligulate, cut at the end into three sharpteeth. HISTORY. ppin os ; : und This is a very large downyperennial plant, sometimes four wa wile ; : ; wild in moist rich soils. : J uly and August. ; It flowers in Ihe¢ root, especially when dry, has an agreeable aromatic smell: its fj ‘ : glutinous, : on were, rane some awhat taste, onfirst chewing, is and, as it |