SANICULA MARILANDICA
\sanˈɪkjʊlə mˌaɹɪlˈandɪkə], \sanˈɪkjʊlə mˌaɹɪlˈandɪkə], \s_a_n_ˈɪ_k_j_ʊ_l_ə m_ˌa_ɹ_ɪ_l_ˈa_n_d_ɪ_k_ə]\
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This indigenous plant grows in marshes, or low and shaded ground. It is possessed of tonic virtues; and the powdered root is employed in popular practice as a favourite remedy in intermittent fever. It has been recommended, also, in chorea.
By Robley Dunglison
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).