TJje Ufeful Family HerhaL 317 



Name of Englijh Saffron, and which is allowed to 

 be the beft in the World. 



The Leaves 



are long and grafly, 



of a dark 



green Colour, and very narrow. They are of no 

 Ufe. ^ • 



Saffron is a noble Cordial. 



Bastard Saffro 



CARTHAMUS. 



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A Plant in its whole Afpect as unlike to 

 -^^ which produces the true Saffron, as 

 Herb can be 



that 

 one 



growinsr 



to another J but called by this 

 Name, becaufe of t|^e yellow Threads, w^hich grow 

 from the Flower. It is of the Thiftle Kind, 

 two Feet and a half high, and very upright. 



The Stalk is round, angulated, and branched, 

 but it is not prickly. The Leaves are oblong, 

 broad', round at the Points and prickly about the 

 Edges* The Flowers Hand at the Tops of the 

 Branches : They confifl: of roundiih, fcaly, and 

 prickly Heads, with yellow Flowers _ _ 



from amongft them : Thefe are like the Flowers 

 in the Heads of our Thiitles but narrower and 

 longer. 



Thele Flowers are ufed by the Dyers in fome 

 Parts q{ Europe. The Seed is the Part taken into 

 the Shops : It is longiih, covered, and v. hite with 

 a hard Covering, It is to be given in Infulion, 

 which works both by Vomit and Stool, but 

 not violently- It is good againfl Rheumatifms, 

 and the Jaundice, 



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