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of the My rincipal. of them as an Objetti on, 
- ftrengthen the Obfervation; for the Gardén Let- 
tuce.alfo has an Opiate Quality. This wild ond 
pofieffes it in a greater Degree, but ftill in fuch 3 
Yegree, that it is an excellent Medicine, not at all 
- dangerous. Its bitter Tafte would prevent Peo- 
gles.eating it, for itis difagreeable; but its Virtues 
are the famie with thofe of Lettuce, only greater, 
There are fome Kinds of Hawkweed alfo, which 
have a bitter milky Juice, altogether like to that 
ofthis Lettuce; and they alfo have this Opiate 
Quality. I have tried many of them, but as they 
are none of them equal to the great wild Lettuce : 
in this Refpect, it would have been. idle to have 
{pent many Words about them. 
-This.general Obfervation may be carried a great 
deal farther ; but it were the Bufinefs of a Volume, 
not of a fhort Appendix, to explain it atlarge. In 
general, the Seeds of umbelliterous Plants, that 
is, thofe which have little Flowers in rounded 
lufters, each fucceeded by two Seeds, are good a- 
gainftCholics; thofe of Carraway, Anife, Cummin, 
r, and all of that Kind, are produced by 
Plants of this Figure. In the fame Manner the 
verticillate Plants as they are called, that is, thofe 
which have the Flowers furrounding the Stalks, as 
“Mint, and Thyme, are of a warm Nature; and 
however they differ in Degree and Circumftance, 
they have the fame general Virtues. Farther, fuch 
Plants as are infipid to the Tafte and Smell, have 
generally little Virtues; and on the contrary, thofe 
which have the moft fragrant Smell ; and fharpeft 
ie, have the greateft Virtues of whatever 
In general alfo, thofe Plants which have a ftrong 
it an agreeable Tafte, are moft worthy to be 
are 
