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and they ftand irregularly ; they are oblong, and 
blunted at the Ends, and of a bluifh green Co- - 
lour. ‘The Flowers are fmall, inconfiderable, and — 
yellow. eee 
The Juice of the frefh Plant, is faid to be an 
excellent Diuretic; but we have no Opportunities 
‘of knowing its Virtues here. Some fay the Seed 
Veffels have the fame Virtue, and give them in 
Infufion, but we have better Remedies of the 
fame Kind of our own Growth. The whole 
Plant is burnt for its fixed Salt, which is ufed in 
making Glafs: 
The Ufeful Family Herbal 
Goats BEarRp. 
 TRAGOPOGON: 
“A Common wild Plant, diftinguifhed in our 
* Meadows, by its narrow and frefh greert 
Leaves, and the long Leaves of the Cup, about, 
its yellow Flowers. It grows a Foot and a half 
in Height. The Leaves are very narrow; they 
are broadeft at the Bafe, and fmaller all the Way 
to the Point. The Stalk is round, thick, firm, 
very upright, and towards the Top, divided into — 
two or three Branches. The Flowers ftand at the 
Extremities of the Stalks ; they are of a beautiful 
pale Yellow, very large, and furrounded by a 
Cup, compofed of long, and narrow green 
Leaves, which, for the greateft Part of the Day, 
are clofed over it, fo that it feems only in Bud. 
The Seeds are winged with a fine white Down, in 
the Manner of thofe of Dandelion, and when ripe, 
they ftand upon the Tops of the Branches, in 4 
round Head, in the fame Manner. The Root is. 
tong, and white; And the whole Plant is full of © 
a milky Juice, which, after it has been a little 
_ time expofed to the Air, becomes yellow and 
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