Original Linnaean Dissertations

Respondent: Jonas Andersson Kiernander (1721–1778)

Title: Radix Senega, ...

Date of Defense: {8} April 1749

Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-32, 1 plate

Lidén Title: Radix Senega.

Soulsby Title: Rad. Senega

Drake Title: Radix Senega.

Note: P. 13 misnumbered 14; two copies have day supplied in manuscript.

Abstract: An account of the botanical and medical properties of Senega snakeroot, or milkwort (Polygala senega L.), a plant of eastern North America used by the indians to treat snake bites.

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