FAMILY HERBAL. SOT 



perfecllj depended upon^ because there 13 so much 

 difference in several parcels of scammonj^ that they 

 seem hardly the sante medicine^ some are so very 

 srtroncr, and some so weak. 



Garden Scurvv Grass. Cochlearia horte/isis^ 



A COMMON wild plant about our sea coasts, 

 but kept also in gardens for its virtues ; it is a foot 

 high ; the stalks are rounds weak, and green ; the 

 leaves that rise from the root make the most con- 

 siderable appearance ; they stand in a large tuft, 

 and are of a roundish figure^ and a bright green 

 colour, tender, juicy, and supported on long and 

 slender foot-stalks. There are but few leaves on 

 tlie stalks, and they are not so round as those from 

 the root, but are a little angular and pointed. 

 The flowers stand at the tops of the stalks, in little 

 clusters ; tliey are white, small, and bright ; they are 

 5ucceeded by short roundish seed-vessels. 



The fresh leaves are used, and the best way of 

 all is to drink the expressed juice of them ; this is 

 excellent against the scurvy, and all other foul- 

 nesses of the blood. It maybe mixed with Seville 

 orange juice to make it pleasant, and should be 

 taken every day for six weeks or two months toge- 

 ther in spring. 



Sea Scurvy Grass. Cochkarta marina. 



A COMMON plant also about our sea coast*, 

 and by the sides of rivers, where the tide comes. 

 The leaves are notsonumerousas those of the other ; 

 and they are oblong, of a reddish green colpur^ 

 pointed at the ends, and indented at the edges in an 

 irregular manner ; they are considerably larger than 

 those of garden scurvy grass, and more fleshy. The 



