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In the Class Syngenesia, is found the Centaurea Cyanus, or 

 Blue Bottle. Blue Ink may be obtained from it, but it is not 

 permanent. The flowers infused in alum, afford a color equal to 

 the finest Ultramarine. Boyle s Gent. ^Tag. 1748. 



The Tanacetum Vulgare, or Tansey, a plant of the above- 

 mentioned class, rubbed upon animal matter, prevents its being 

 blown by flies. 



It is mentioned in the Encyc. Brit, that a girl with twelve 

 scrophulous sores, was cured by drinking, daily, as much as she 

 could, for four months, of a decoction of the leaves of the Tus- 

 silago Farfara, or Coltsfoot, made so strong as to be sweetish 

 and glutinous. 



Note <^, page 80, line 5. 



The Helianthus. 



Class Syngen. Frustr. Helianthus Annuus. The Sun Flower, 

 which constantly bends towards the sun, and turns with it from 

 the east in the morning to the west in the evening. 



Note ^, page 80, line i2. 

 The Orchis. 



Class Gynandr. The Orchis, Satyrion and Ophrys, are be- 

 lieved to be indigenous to Ireland. 



Class Monoecia Monadelphia. Pinus Cedrus, or Cedar of 

 Lebanon. From the Genus Pinus, the different turpentines are 

 extracted by bleeding the trees from wounds in the bark or 

 branches. Encyc. Brit. 



