Plate 1051 - Polygala Senega

Plate 1051

Publication Information

Native Region: America, Europe

Flowering Period: July

Description: alblodove om bobnous vilston and and [1051 ]  POLYGALA SENEGA. OFFICINAL MILKT, or RATTLE-sNAKE-ROOT.

Class and Order
DIADELPHIA OCTANDRIA.

Generic Character
. 27570 Cal. 5-phyllus: soliolis alaeformibus, coloratis. Caps. ob- cordatum, 2-loculare.

Specific Character and Synonyms
. POLYGALA Senega; floribus imberbibus spicatis, caule erecto herbaceo fimpliciffimo, soliis lato lan- ceolatis. sp. Pl. 990. Reich. 3. p. 390. Aman. Acad. 2. p. 139. t. 2. Mill. Dict. cum Icone. Hort. Kew. 3. p. 6. Woodv. Med. Bot. 253. t. 93. Gron. Virg. ed. 1. 80. 2. 103. Mart. Mill. Diet. n. 32. Michaux Flor. Am. Bor. 2. P. 53. POLYGALA Senega. Willd. sp. Pl. 3. 894. POLYGALA? Plantula Marilandica, caule non ramoso, fpica in faftigio singularis e flofculis albis compofita. Raii Sup. 640.

A hardy perennial, cultivated by MILLER, in 1759, but having little beauty to boaft, is rarely met with in our gardens. It was once however a plant of considerable intereft; first brought into notice by Dr. TENNENT, an American phyfician, as a specific for the bite of the rattle fnake, a ufe which he learned of the Indians. He afterwards, from some analogy in the symptoms, tried it in pleurify, with very great success; and it became a remedy in considerable twogue in Europe as well as in America. Dr. TENNENT received a reward from the houfe of representatives of Pennsylvania for the difcovery; nevertheless

Nh dwards Del Fubby T. Gurtis st Geo st Geo st Geo Crescent Sept 1. 1807. F.E. E. Sansom Saup nevertheless it has fallen into difufe, a fate that has generally attended medicines, which are at first too highly extolled. It is however undoubtedly poffeffed of active powers, and is not unworthy of having its real virtues better ascertained than they have hitherto been. It varies with white and rofe-coloured flowers. Communicated by Mr. LODDIGES. Flowers in July. Na- tive of North-America.


Raw OCR Text (Original)

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Plate Period: 1808-1810 - Mixed artist period
Typical Artists: S Curtis Del, W.J.H.del
Expected Publisher: S Curtis at Walworth
Publisher Location: St. George's Crescent, London - the original publisher address for Curtis's Botanical Magazine
Artist Information: delineavit (Latin: 'drawn by') - indicates the artist who drew the botanical illustration

Original botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine