Description
Medicinal plants. Top row: Smilax Pseudo Syphilitica with blossom and fruits; Carapichea ipecacuanha (Psychotria ipecacuanha) with root and blossom; Orchis militaris with blossom; Flower stem of Aloe succotrina; Arnica montana, Citrullus colocynthis with cut fruit. Bottom row: Cinnamomum camphora with blossom and fruit; Althaea officinalis with blossom and carpel of fruit (a); Aloe succotrina (Aloe socotrina); Rheum officinale with fruit, cut blossom, blossom, and cut root (b); Myroxylon balsamum (or Tolnifera peruifera) with fruit and blossom. Wood engravings, publishedin 1897.