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This comprehensive account of medicinal plants covers their properties and uses in both modern and historical medicine. Written by the noted botanist John Lindley, Flora Medica is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the intersection of medicine and botany.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

The greater part of the references in the following pages will be sufficiently intelligible. Those only which are subjoined seem to require explanation. DC. De Candolle. EB. English Botany. HBK. Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kunth. N. and E. Nees and Ebermaier. R. and S. Romer and... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

John Lindley (1799-1865) was an English botanist and a leading authority on orchids. He attended Norwich Grammar School but was unable to afford university. Lindley's passion for botany helped him into the position of assistant in the herbarium of the naturalist and explorer... Read Full Overview

This comprehensive account of medicinal plants covers their properties and uses in both modern and historical medicine. Written by the noted botanist John Lindley, Flora Medica is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the intersection of medicine and botany.

This... Read Full Overview