Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal Plants Employed in Medicine and an Account of the Characters, Properties, and Uses of their Parts and Products of Medicinal Value (Compositae to Thymelaceae)

This book is composed of four volumes, each focusing on Medicinal Plants, offering detailed descriptions and original illustrations of key plants used in medicine. It provides insights into the characteristics, properties, and medicinal uses of various plant parts and their valuable products. The volumes cover different plant families, with the first volume spanning from Ranunculaceae to Anacardiaceae, the second volume from Leguminosae to Valerianaceae, the third volume from Compositae to Thymelaceae, and the fourth volume from Artocarpaceae to Algae. The book commences by offering a systematic inventory, embracing 89 natural families and 233 genera, which together create an extensive representation of the entire plant kingdom. Among these, 67 species are specially denoted with an asterisk, indicating their origin in the British Isles. The information for each plant is systematically divided into two distinct sections the first part delves into the specifics of each species, such as its habitat and botanical attributes.