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the flowers, which are of a faint blue 
fmall roundifh 
the calyx is quadrip 
and divided into 
e. This plant is very 
common in ditches and fhallow ftreams 
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. The leaves and ftem of Brooklime have a bitterilh fubaftrlr 
tafte, but manifefl little or no acrimony, nor any peculiar odour 
chemical experiments they appear to be fubacid, and pofTefs fome 
ent 
by 
deg 
of allringency ; thefe quali 
however, are common to 
almofl all frelh vegetables, and afford no proof of their medical 
powers. 
This plant was formerly confidered of much ufe in feveral dif- 
eafes, and was applied externally to wounds and ulcers ; but if it have 
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any peculiar efficacy 
As a mild refrig 
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be derived from its antifcorbutic 
it is preferred where an acrimonious 
flate of the fluids prevails, indicated by prurient eruptions upon the 
Ikin 
what has been called the hot fcurvy 
ordered in the 
London Pharmacopoeia as an ingredient in the fuccus cochliarias 
compofitus, probably with a view to correct the pungency of the 
crefs. 
Rutty fay 
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Succus ejus faponaceus efl, aperiens, & maj 
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copia fumptus, alvum movet commodiflime 
We mufl. how 
ever, acknowledge, that we fhould 
pe£t 
qua! benefit from the 
fame quantity of any other bland frefh vegetable matter taken into 
the fyftem. To derive much advantage from it, the juice ought tQ 
be ufed in large quantit 
the freih plant eaten as food 
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