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There is an abundance of Nuttall's violets (Viola nuttallii Pursh) all over Boulder's Open Space.
Rich Wolf: Where Do All the Flowers Grow? Rich Wolf 2010
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There is an abundance of Nuttall's violets (Viola nuttallii Pursh) all over Boulder's Open Space.
Rich Wolf: Where Do All the Flowers Grow? Rich Wolf 2010
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Salmonberry (_Rubus spectabilis_ Pursh.) and the Thimbleberry (_R. parviflorus_ Nutt.).
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Pursh, not Amclanchier alnifolia (Coues, L. and C., iii, p. 828), which is not evergreen. —
Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 1904
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Abies Fraseri, Pursh, the Carolina balsam is found on many of the highest mountain summits.
North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896
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M.té (M.) _Inga edulis_ M. Inga-assú (C.W.) _Ipomoea jalapa_ Pursh.
Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
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Pursh states that a vinous or spirituous infusion of the berries is remarkable for its power in relieving rheumatic pains, and the tincture is also given in Virginia in violent colics.
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Alisma plantago, L. A. trivialis and parviflora of Pursh.
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Chenopodium ambrosioides, Ph. Vicinity of Charleston, Bach; grows in Georgia, according to Pursh; Newbern.
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Pursh says it is an excellent remedy in colic; Cullen, in chronic rheumatism; and Dr. Thacher, in dropsical affections.
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