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Asa Heatape alfo this plant has had a confiderable fhare of fame. 
Francus" and Hofimann ‘ afcribe to it numerous virtues, the former 
calling it Polychrefia herba Veronica. ‘The diforders in which it 
has been efteemed moft ufeful are thofe of the lungs, as coughs, 
afthmas, confumptions, é&c. in which it is faid not only to prove 
expectorant, but by its extraordinary vulnerary power to heal internal 
ulcers. = 
Its ufe has likewife been recommended by feveral authors i in various 
other complaints requiring medicines of very different charaéters ; 
but if we judge of the utility of the Veronica by its fenfible qualities, 
it is only to be recognized as an aftringent; and not fufficiently power- 
ful as fuch to produce any confiderable effect, and is therefore now 
difregarded by medical practitioners, _ 
» Vide 2 Palycbrefta herba Veronica, publihed in abot 
¢ Vide Fr. Hoffmann in aes de infu, f Veronica fiegea preferenda herbe Thea.— 
Alfo Haller. 1. c. 
_ EUPHRASIA ae ta ze soe EYEBRIGHT. 
SYNONYMA. Eup Bioen. Ge of. iit. 454. Dale. 196. 
Alfien. it. 138. Rutty. 189. Bergiio. 543. Murray. ui. 186. 
» Lewis. 292. Cullen. i. 42. Edinb. New Difp. 187. Euphrafia 
officinarum. Bauh, Pin. 233. Ger. Emac. 663. Park. Theat. 
1329. Raii. Hi ift. 773. Synop. 284. Euphrafia officinalis. Hud/. 
Ang. 268, With. Bot. Arr. 635. Curt. Flor. Lond, 335. 
Didynamia Angiofpermia. Lin. Gen. Plant. ah 
Gen. Ch. Cor. 4-fidus cylindricus. Caps. 2 2-locularis, ovato-ablonga,. 
Anthere inferiores altero lobo bafi fpinofz. 
Sp. Ch. E. foliis ovatis lineatis argute dentatis, 
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