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298 



flender ftyle, about the 



bifid iligm; 



the fl 



gth 



the 



of th 



nft 



tube, 



furmfhed 



th 



a 



P 



licr 



: tubular, but at the uppei 



extremity into three narrow pointed teeth 



female 



an 



at the 

 d or flrap-fhaped, and 



is fimilar to that 

 ftriated, quadrang 



the receptacle is naked and fl 



moift mead 



d flow 



o 



r 



female part 

 the feeds are folitary, 



or pappus : 

 It is a native of England, growin 

 . July and Augufl:. 



hermaphrodite fl 

 d furnifhed with a fimple feather 



It is probable, that Elecampane is the Helenium foliis verbafci of 

 Diofcorides,^ and the Inula of Pliny,'' who alfo mentions Helenium but 



y different pi 



Elecampane is feldom to be met with 



wild fl:ate, but it is commonly cultivated in gardens, from whence the 

 fhops are fupplied with the root, which is the part directed for medi- 

 cinal ufe. *' This root, in its recent fl-ate, has a weaker and lefs grateful 

 fmell than when thoroughly dried and kept for a length of time, 



which 

 of Flor 



greatly improved 



dour th 



approaching to 



th 



orris. 



Its tafl:e 



firfl: being chewed, is glutinous and 



fomewhat rancid, quickly fucceeded by an aromatic bitternefs and 

 pungency. Spirituous liquors extract its virtues in greater perfedion 

 than watery ; the former fcarce elevate any thing in difl:illation ; with 



the 



an 



fTe 



oil 



fe 



which concretes into white flakes 



this pofl^efl^es at firfl; the flavour of the Elecampane, but generally lof$ 



keeping. An extradl, made with 



and pungency of the 



pofl^efl^es the bitternefs 



but 



lefs degree than that made with 



The high op 



s 



ed by the ancients of the virtues of 



Elecampane maybe colleded from the words of Schroder, who fay 

 " Abfl:ergit, difcutit, aperit, pulmonica efl:. Stomacha. alexiph 

 fudorifera, &c. Ufus prcacip, in tartaro pulmonum renumque 



> 



^ Lih. I. 



^p 



7 



'' Lib. xix. 



^P' 5 



^ ^ ^^ Helenium e lacrymis Helenas natum, &■ ideo in Helena infula laudntiffimuni. Eft 

 ^«tem frutex humije Ipargens dodorantibus ra,mulisj folio fimili ferpyllo." Lik^ xxi c. 9^ 



The 



^^VErucas virides, inulas ego primus amaras 



M 



Sat. 8. v. 5 



quum rapula plenus 



Atque acidas mavult inulas. 



Sat. 2. V. 44- 



ando, 



