Slonne, V, l-, p. 1-58, t. 95, f. &.- I'tf.'iis'ihlovai.s; anginf'.'i, Icniter 

 e.1 acute serrt/t/'s ; . cai/le simplici, infernc Joliotato, superne in spi- 

 atm linigwni desinenii. Browne, p. 322,. 



Stem upright, suiTiuticose ; leaves lanccol^c, attenuateil, serrulate ; raceme - 

 terraitiittmg, iijuuy flowered. 



This has a stalk as h\g us ones finger^ rises three feet liigi, .being green and wnootli, 

 and having very, many leaves set ou it, witiiont any ordi r, tatli ot wiiich is ten inches . 

 long, and two broad in the middle, of a dark green r.olour, and indented about iic - 

 edges. At liie top are u great many iiowers, ot" a ,pale yeliow cuiour, and galeated, 

 hnving a long galea turned up, and some stamina coming out ot the uudiUe of tlie tlower. 

 Tlie seeds are very small, and starve urb,cei nahle, bio.vn, and toinamed in several tells, 

 in one capsule^ surrounded with four foiiola, ii'loane. 



4= SITHlLlTlCA. -SIPIIILITIC. 



Stem npright; leaves ovate-laneeolate, snb-serrate ; sinuses of the calyx reflex. 



This is calleci the blue cardinal flower from the colour of its flower^ it. is a .native cf" 

 Virginia, and has beeaintroducsti. Its root isnotedfor its eflSeacy in cm"ing siphilis, 

 whence the specific name. A decoction is made of a handful of the roots in three mea- 

 sures of water, and half a measure taken in the moriiing fasting, and repeated in the 

 evening: tlieilose is gradually increased till its purgative effects liecome too vioieni, 

 when it is to be intermitted for a day -or two, and then reneived till a perfect cure is 

 efTected. During its use a proper legimen is enjoined, and the ulcers to be fiecjuently 

 washed with the decoction ; or if deep and foul, to be sprinkled witii the.pow.der of tiie ; 

 iijner bark of New Jersey tea tree. 



CARDOON. CYNATIA; 



Cl. 19, OR. 1. St/ngenesia polygamia aqualis, Nat. OR, CcmposiXs. . 

 Gen. char. See Artichoke, p. 34. 



CARDUNCDLUS. 

 Leaves spiny, all pinnatifi.d ; calycine scales-ovate. , 



The cardiiucuhis, or Spanish cardoon, greatly resembles the artichote, biit is cP"-* 

 larger, and more rej^ular growth ; the leaves bei-ng more upright, taller, and broader, 

 and more regularly divideid ; and the stalks of tlie leaves blanched are the onlv eatable 

 parts of the plant. It is a very hardy plant, and propagated in the same manner as the 

 artichoke. When their footstalks. have acquired a thick substance, the leaves of each' 

 plant must he tied np to admit of earthing them cli>sely all round for blanchmg, which 

 will take up six or eigl>t weeks. Browne observes that this plant was introduced into 

 this island by Mr*, Walien, and raised ifi jnany gardens, both in tlie lowlands and in the. 

 Ijnountains. 



In some parts of Spain they substitute the.down of this plant for rennet, in making- 

 <3*keese. A strong infusion is made over jiight j and the next.inoniing, when the milk 



