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194 



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Diofcorktes, and to the Lapathum fylveilre, quod alli oxalidem appeU 



~~ut as the word i^v has been indifcrlminately ufed both 



I ant, of PUny. 



\ 



to ilgnify fharp, with refped to the tafte of a plant, and in relation to 

 the form of its leaves, there may be a doubt whether thofe authors 'have 



done right, in excluGvely applying it in the former fenfe as in the 



name Acetofa. — The leaves of common Sorrel have an agreeable acid 



tafte, like that of the Oxahs Acetofella, or Wood-forrel, which we 



ha^ 



"e 



before defcribed -, (fee page ^6) and as they are medicinally 



employed for the fame purpofes, vdiat has been already faid of that 

 plant v/ill in a great meafure apply to this ; which from being eafily 



1 J . T- - • .1 r 1 n •. -I i- 



pro 





ured 



HI 



reat abundance 



may be conv^ 



^niently fubftituted for 



It. 



ciS 



Sorrel, taken in confiderable quantity, or ufed varioully prepared 

 food, will certainly be found of important advantage v/here a refri- 



eerant and antifcorbutic re 



C-3 



nnen is required ;*" and we are told by 

 Linn^us, that the Laplanders experience a ferum acetofatum to be 

 in this refped an ufeful and pleafant diet/ 



^ L. XX. cat). 21. 



Barthol. J^. Havn. 167 1, p, 35 

 ^ Flor. Lapp. p. 94. 



See Morin in Hiji. de'VAc. cles S, 



o 



ciencss.^ iJC/Oi p. 52 



Boerhaave Hift, Plant. L. B, P. it. p. 540 



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Rarior. Plant, HiJI. p. 62. ' Vac 



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Gerard. Emac. p. 141 6 



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n. 



457 



de Arbuto 



Bauh, Fin, p. 470. Park. Theat. p 

 •^^./. 1489.^. 5. Flor. Dan. \%' Miirr. Comment 



457 



h. HiJl. vol 

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764 



Girardi Novce Ah 



1 atavii I ^764. Sandifort Diff. tab. 8. Withering. Bot. Arr.p. 428 



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