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hiediatelj from Uie root, and have thick foot-stalks ; 

 they 3.10 oblong, broad, of a deep and often a 

 purplish colour, and are exfrerhely hairy, the hairs 

 being long, \?hite^ and set so thick, that they give 

 it an aspect of woolliness. The stalk is round, 

 slender, tolerably firm, upright, of a purplish 

 colour, and also hairy : the leaves on it are smaller 

 than those from the root^, but like them i^ shape, 

 and they are in the same manner very hairy. The 

 flowers are not very large, but they are of a beau- 

 tiful yellow, kud they have the more singular as- 

 pect, as the plant has so much whiteness. The 

 seeds are winged with a white down. 



The young leaves rising from the root, are the 

 part used. They are of the same nature with those 

 of coltsfoot, but they possess their virtues in a much 

 greater degree. In many other parts of Europe^ 

 Where the plant is more common, it is a constant 

 inedicine in diseases of the lungs, in coughs, asth- 

 mas, and the first stages of consumptions : it is 

 best given irt form of a strong infusion ; and I 

 have known it tried here with more success thaa 

 could be expected from bo simple a remedy, iil 

 cases of such consequence. It is scarce wild, but ii 

 is easily propagated in gardens. Let but one plant 

 of it ripen its seeds and leave them to the chance of 

 the winds, and the garden, the walls, and the neigh- 

 bouring places will never be without a sufficient 

 Supply of it, for all purposes. 



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Mace. Macis. 



THE spice we call mace, is the covering of the 

 stone or kernel of a fruit, within which is the m%i-^ 

 meg. The tree will therefore more nufurJ!. be 



