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An American castor-bean plant (Ricinus americanus). Drawing by Thomas Malie, ca. 1730.
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An American castor-bean plant (Ricinus americanus). Drawing by Thomas Malie, ca. 1730.

Thomas Malie

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Lettering: Hanc plantam inveni in insulis Americæ sponte nascentem ... Extremam virentium foliorum oram cingunt fibrilæ quædam, pariter viridiscentes, & singulæ capitulo aliquo munitæ, qui purgationibus ac enematis præparandis inservit; decoctorum etiam capitulorum aquam illis exhibere qui morbo ibidem populari, nomine the dry bellyach, infestantur ...

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