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The Cotton Thist.le. 



ACANTHIUM. 



A Tall and flately wild Plant, common by our 

 -^^ Way fidesj and known by its great white 



prickly Leaves and red Flowers. It is four or 

 five Feet high. Thb Leaves which grdw from 

 the Root are a Foot and a half long, a Foot 

 broad, deeply indented at the Edges, and befet 

 with yellowifli Thorns i they are of a whitifh 

 Colour, and feem cbvered with a downy Matter 

 of the Nature of Cotton. The Stalks are thick, 

 round, firm, and upright ; and winged with a Sort 

 t)f leafy Subftances which rife from them, and 

 have the fame Sort of Prickles that are upon the 

 Leaves. The ordinary Leaves upon the Stalks 



are like thole which grow from the Root, only 



they are more deeply mdented, and more prickly; 

 the Flowers are purple, they ftand in long prick- 



jy Heads, and make a beautiful Appearance. 



The Root is ver}^ long, thick, and white. 



The Root, is the Part ufed, and that fliould b 

 frefh gathered. It opens Obftrudions, and is good 

 againft the Jaundice, and in Dropfies, and other 

 ■Diforders arifing from Obftruclions. It alfo mb- 

 clerately promotes the Menfcs. It may be dried 

 and given in Powder for the fame Furpofes. But 

 the Virtues are much lefs. 



Couch Grass. 

 GRAMEN CANINUM. 



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A Very troublefome Weed In Fields and Gar- 

 dens, but very ufeflil in Medicine. " Nature, 

 has made thofe Plants which nnaj be moll ufeful 

 to us the moll common, and the mofl: difEcuk to 

 be removed. Couch Grafs grows tv/o Feet high, 



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