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Flora Medica

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iOROBANCHACE^E.upon the roots of beech trees in the southern states of theAmerican Union.A smooth, fleshy, branching parasite, growing from 6 to 18 incheshigh, and clothed with small scales in lieu of leaves. Flowers alternate,distant, nearly sessile, the lower perfect, the upper usually imperfectand abortive.Calyx short, 4-toothed. Corolla white streaked withpurple. Capsule dilating after it opens, very much in shape of a cup.Michaux says that in Virginia the powdered stems are frequentlycancers, with considerable benefit.A quack medicine known in N. America by the name of " Martin'sCancer powder," is said to be a compound of this plant and white526

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