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jaundice, and other biliary obfl:ru£lions. Dr. Cullen has *' had fe- 
" veral inftances of then* good effeds in fome cutaneous difeafes of 
*^ the herpatic and feemingly cancerous kind\" 
The leaves may be given in powder from 3i to Qij for a dofe 
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two or three times a day, but a jftrong infufion of them is perhaps 
preferable, and with delicate ftomachs it may be necefTary to con- 
join a grateful aromatick : they impart their properties both to wa- 
tery and fpiritous menftrua, and an extract is ordered to be prepared 
from them in the Ph. Dan. p. 171. Efficax et fyequentis commodi 
que ufus. Murray, 
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LEONTODON TARAXACUM. COMMON DANDELION. 
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STNONTMJ. Taraxacum, Fharm, Land, 'U Edin. Dens 
Leonis, Au6lorum» < * '■■.-' 
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C/a/s Syngenefia. Order Polygamia i^qualis. L. Gen/ Plant,' 012, 
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Ejr* Gen, Char, Recept, nudu^i,^ (7^/. imbricatus, fquamis laxi 
ufculis. Pappus plumofus. 
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Spec, Char, L. T. calyce fquamis inferne reflexis,- foliis run 
cinatis denticulatis Isevibus, 
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DANDELION is fo very common, that a plot of ground can 
fcarcely be feen where it does not prefent its yellow flowers*, 
is eafily diftinguifhed from the hawkweeds and other ligulated 
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* It has been obferved that thefe flowers poffefs a certain degree of fenfibility, for 
when under the powerful influence of the fun in a fummer*s morning, an evident 
motion of the flowerets may be difc9vered. MS Le^Si of the late Dr, Hope, 
plants, 
