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Flower; and they are quite different from thofe 
of the common Fennel, in Size, Shape, Colour, 
and Tafte. They are long, flender, of a pale Co- 
lour, a little crooked, and deeply ftriated. Their 
Tafte is fweetifh and a little acrid. 
As the Roots are the Part moft ufed of the 
common Fennel, the Seeds are the only Part ufed 
of this. ‘They are excellent in the Cholic, and are 
ufed externally ufed with Succefs in Pultices to 
Swellings. The Seeds of the common Fennel are 
ufed by fome, but they are very hot and acrid, 
Thefe are preferable for internal Ufe. 
FENNEL FLoweEr. 
NIGELLA. 
A Singular and pretty Plant kept in Gardens. 
It grows a Foot and half high. The Stalk 
is firm, round, ftriated, and upright and hollow. 
The Leaves are divided into a Multitude of fine 
flender Parts like thofe of Fennel, only very {mall 
in Comparifon, and thence it had the Engi 
Name of Fennel Flower ; they ftand irregularly on 
the Stalks, and are of a pale Green. The Flowers 
ftand at the Tops of the Branches : They are fin- 
gular and pretty, the Colour is whitith, aad they 
are moderately large, the green Leaves about them 
Give them a very particular Grace. 
The Juice of the Plant freth gathered, is good 
for the Head-ach; it is to be fnuffed up. the 
Nofe, and it will occafion fneezing, inwardly — 
taken it works by Urine, and is good in the 
Jaundice. gah ones Se 
