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aftd they ftand irregularly j they are oblong, and 

 blunted at the Ends, and of a bluilh green Co- 

 lour. The Flowers are fmall, inconfiderable, and 



yellow. ' 



The Juice of the frefli Plant, is faid to be an 

 excellent Diuretic •, but we have no Opportu 



of knowin 



Seed 



Veflels have the fame Virtue, and give them in 

 Infufion, but we have better Remedies of the 

 fame Kind of our own Growth. The whole 

 Plant is burnt for its fixed Salt, which is ufed in 

 .making Glafs^ 



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Goats Beard. 



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Common wild Plant, diftinguilhed in our 

 Meadows, by its narrow and frefli green 

 Leaves, and the long Leaves of the Cup, about 

 its yellow Flowers. It grows a Foot and a half 

 in Height. The Leaves are very narrow ; they 

 are broadeft at the Bafe, and fmaller all the Way 

 to the Point. The Stalk is round,, thick, firm, 



very upright, and towards the Top, divided 



three Branches. The Flowers ftand 



Extremities of the Stalks '•, they are of a beautiful 

 pale Yellow, very large, and furrounded by a 

 Cup, compofed of long, and narrow green 

 Leaves, which, for the greateft Part of the Day, 

 are clofed over it, fo that it feems only in Bucl* 

 The Seeds are winged with a fine white Down, in 

 the Manner of thole of Dandelion, and when ripe. 



upon the Tops of the Branch 



in a 



round Head, in the fame Manner. The Root is 

 long, and white ; And the whole Plant is full of 

 a milky Juice, which, after it has been a little 

 time expofed to the Air, becomes yellow and 



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