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Name of Englifh Saffron, and which is allowed to 
be the heft in the World. eS 
~The Leaves are long and graffy, of a dark — 
green Colour, and very narrow. ‘They are of no 
‘Ute. eS Sea ae 
Saffron is a noble Cordial. — 
- “BASTARD SAFFRON. 
CARTHAMUS. 
A Plant in its whole Afpect as unlike to that 
_which produces the true Saffron, as one 
Herb can be to another; but called by this 
Name, becaufe of the yellow Threads, which grow 
from the Flower. It is of the Thiftle Kind, 
two Feet and a half high, and very upright. 
The Stalk is round, angulated, and branched, 
but it is not prickly.. The Leaves are oblong, 
broad, round at the Points and prickly about the 
Edges. The Flowers ftand at the Tops of the 
_ Branches: They confift of roundifh, fealy, and — 
ext Heads, with yellow Flowers -growing 
- from:amongft them: Thefe are like the Flowers ~ 
in the Heads of our Thiftles but narrower and 
longer. 
Thefe Flowers are ufed by the Dyers in fome 
Parts of Europe.- The Seed is the Part taken into 
the Shops: It is longifh, covered, and white with. 
a hard Covering, it is to be given in Infufion, 
which works both by Vomit. and Stool, : a er 
not violently. It is good againft Rheumatifms,. 
~ and the Jaundice. : 3 
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