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CHELIDONIUM MAJUS. 



A Common wild Plant with large Leaves, and 

 '^~*' yellow Flowers : Which, when broken in any 

 Part, Stalk, or Leaves, emits a yellow Juice. It 

 grows three Feet high, but the Stalks are not 

 very robuft, they are round, green, and naked, 

 with thick Joints. The Leaves ftand two at each 

 Joint, they are large, long, and deeply divided 

 at the Edges, and are of a yellowifli Green. The 

 Flowers are fmall, but of a beautiful Yellow, and 

 they liand on long Foot-Stalks feveral together. 



Celandine Ihould be ufed frefh, fpr it loofes 

 the greatefi: Part of its Virtue in drying. The 



Juice is the befl Way of giving it ; and this is an 



excellent Medicine in the Jaundice : It is alfo 

 good againft all Obftrudions of the Vifcera, and 

 if continued a Time, will do great Service againft 

 the Scurvy. The Juice alfo is ufed fuccefsfully 

 lor fore Lyes. 



Little Celandine. 



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CHELIDONIUM MINUS. 



^Tp H E great and the little Celandine, are Plants 

 -^ fo perfe(5tly different, that it is hard to con- 



It could induce the old Writers to call 

 them both by the fame Name. They hardly a- 

 gree in any Thing, except it be that they have 

 both yellow Flowers. The great Celandine ap- 

 proaches to the Nature of the Poppy j the ihiall 

 Celandine to that of the Crow-foot; nor are they 

 any more alike in Virtues jJian in Form. ■ 



Little Celandine is a low Plant, which is feen 

 almofl every where in damp Places in Spring, 

 with broad deep green Leaves, and glofly yellow 

 Flowers. It does not grow to any Height. The 



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