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diif a yellowish srreen colour; tb 



stalks are round and firm, and the leaves that grow 

 on them are like those from ilie root, but smaller : 

 the flowers stand at the tops of the stalks and bran- 

 ches^ they lire blue, and in shape and structure like 

 those of dandelion ; they are very beautiful. 



The juice of endive may be taken with great 

 advantages as medicine ; it cools the stomachy 

 and operates by urine very powerfully ; it also 

 opens obstructions of the viscera. It is good 

 against the jaundice, and constantly taken for some 

 i'tmej against the scurvy. 



"EavNGo, Eryngimn 



A WILD plant which grows with us by the sea 



side, and is kept also in gardens, because of its 

 virtues. It is prickly like a thistle, and the 

 whole plant appears not green, but whitish. The 

 stalk is firm, woody, round, striated, and thick, 

 uot very upright, branched, and spread irre- 

 gularly about. The leaves are small, and of a 

 pale bluish green, approaching to white ; they 

 are broad, oblong, and jagged and prickly. The 

 flowers grow in little heads at the tops of the 

 stalks, and there stands a circle of small leaves under 

 them. The flowers, separately taken, are small, 

 and of a pale greenish white, but the head of them 

 is tolerably large. The root is long and slender, 

 and of a pleasant taste. 



This is the part used ; the best way is to talte 

 them candied ; they are good against cougfbs, and 

 Weaknescn of ail kinds. They have also caused 

 noble virtues, as a diuretic, and are good against 

 the jaundice ; for this last purpose a decoction 

 made from the fresh roots is best. Thev are bal- 

 iamic as \^cll as diuretic. 



