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Of Herbs whofe Flowers are compofed of feveral Flowers. 
Onchus Leavis Cord. hift. Cat. p. 122. Common fmooth Sowthiltle. 
This is common every where through the whole Ifland. 
It is cooling and adftringent, and good for hot and burning Sto- 
machs. It increafes Milk. It is proper for pains and gnawings of 
the Stomach. Jr is a remedy againft the bitings of Scorpions. 
Fuchf. 
It begets Milk in Nurfes, in Peffaries it is good for Inflammations of 
thofe parts. Loz, 
They are eat in /taly, efpecially the tender Roots by way of Sallet. Math. 
Il. Sonehus afper laciniatus. Park. Cat. p. 123. 
1 found this on the fide of a Hill near Mr. Batchelor’s Houfe, about four 
Miles from the Town of St. Fago de la Vega. 
It is good againft cold Pains of the Stomach, and Obftru@tions of the 
Liver, and Gall Bladder. Adv. 
Ill. Hicracinm fruticolum, anguftiffimis gramincis foliis, capitulis parvis. Cate 
p. 123. Tab. 149. Fig. 3. 
© This hada whitifh oblong Root, with feveral fibers to draw its Nourifh- 
ment, from whence rofe a folid, ftraight, ftriated, green, {mall Stalk, about 
a Foot high, having Branches fet oppofite one to the other, going out of the 
Ale of the Leaves. The Leaves were about two or three Inches long, and 
very hard, like thofe of Grafs, without any \Foot-Stalks, ending in points, 
by which this may be fufficiently diftinguifh’d from all Ihave hitherto feen 
of this Kind. The tops of the Twigs have fmall Heads of Flowers’ and 
after them a long pappous Seed, as others of this Kind. 
I am not certain where I found this. 
IV. Hieracium minimum, longis integris & anguftis foliis. Cat. p.123. Tab. 
150. Fig. 1. Botpih 
From a fmall, fibrous, oblong Root, {prings one round, red Stalk, three 
or four Inches high, having here and there, without any order, little Branches 
fer with many long, not indented, nor finuated, narrow Leaves. Their edges 
are hairy, and their backfides fpotted with blackifh fpots. At the tops 
of the Bratiches {tand yellow Flowers, in every thing like thofe of the other 
ETieracinums. : 
It grows every where in the drier or fandy places of the Town Savanna. 
V. Dens leonis, folio fubtus incano, flore purpurco. Cat. p. 123. Zab. 150. 
Fig. 2. : ae 
This has feveral reddifh, Inch long Roots, which united make an_half 
Inch long white one, fending forth round the top of the Root, on the fur- 
face of the Ground, a great many Leaves three Inches long, and one broad, 
near the end where broadeft. The Leaves have near the Root feveral deep 
Incifures or jags, and there they are narrow, as the others of this Kind. T he 
upper fide of the Leaf is of a dark green colour, and under it is very white 
or woolly, and in every thing for fhape it is like the Leaf of our eet 
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