Flora Medica: Containing Coloured Delineations of the Various Medicinal Plants Admitted Into the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Pharmacopœias; with Their Natural History, Botanical Descriptions, Medical and Chemical Properties, &c. &c.; Together with a Concise Introduction to Botany; a Copious Glossary of Botanical Terms; and a List of Poisonous Plants, &c. &c, Volume 1Callow and Wilson, 1829 |
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