Medical botany. Containing systematic and general descriptions, with plates of all the medicinal plants, comprehended in the catalogues of the materia medica, as published by the Royal Colleges of Physicians of London, Edinburgh, and Dublin; together with the principal medicinal plants not included in those pharmocopoeias. Accompanied with a circumstantial detail of their medicinal effects, and of the diseases in which they have been most successfully employed / [William Woodville].
An engraved botanical plate shows a flowering stem of Panax quinquefolium with a cluster of small white-tipped blossoms at the top and five serrated, palmately arranged leaflets on a long pale stalk. The leaves are shaded with fine hatching, and the Latin name is inscribed in script beneath the specimen.
- Artist
- William Woodville
- Date
- 1832
- Medium
- Source
- Wellcome Collection
- Size
- 3090 × 4000 px
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection
Español: Panax quinquefolium, ginseng americano, lámina botánica grabada
Una lámina botánica grabada muestra un tallo florido de Panax quinquefolium, con un racimo de pequeñas flores blancas en la parte superior y cinco hojuelas dentadas dispuestas en forma de mano sobre un tallo largo y claro. Las hojas están sombreadas con finas líneas de rayado, y el nombre latino aparece escrito en cursiva debajo del ejemplar.
Português: Panax quinquefolium, ginseng-americano, prancha botânica gravada
Uma prancha botânica gravada mostra um caule florido de Panax quinquefolium, com um cacho de pequenas flores brancas no topo e cinco folíolos serrados, dispostos em forma de mão, sobre um talo longo e claro. As folhas são sombreadas com hachuras finas, e o nome latino aparece em letra cursiva abaixo do exemplar.