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at the edges, and of a yellowish green colour ; the 

 stalks arc round and firm, and the leaves that grow 

 o ) them are like those from the root, but smaller : 

 the flowers stand at the tops of the stalks and bran- 

 ches, they are blue, and in shape and structure like 

 those of dandelion : they are very beautiful. 



Tiie juice of endive maybe taken with great 

 advantages as medicine ; it cools the stomach, 

 and operates by urine very powerfully ; it also 

 opens obstructions of the viscera. It is good 

 against the jaundice, and constantly taken for some 

 time, against the scurvy. 



Ervngo, Eryngium. 



A WILD plant, which grows with us by tbe sea 

 side, and is kept alio in gardens, because of its 

 virtues. It is, prickly like a thistle, and the 

 whole plant appears not green, but whitish. The 

 'talk is firm, woody, round, striated, and thick, 

 not very upright, branched, and spread irre- 

 gularly about. The leaves are small, and of a 

 pale bluish green, approaching to white ; they 

 are broad, oblong, and jagged and prickly. The 

 iiowers grow in little heads at the tops of the 

 stalks, and there stands a circle of small leaves under 

 them. The flowers, separately taken, are small, 

 and of a pale greenish white, but the head of them 

 is tolerably large. The root is long and slender, 

 and of a pleasant taste. 



This is the part used ; the best way is to take 

 them candied ; they are good against coughs, and 

 tveaknese- of all kinds. They have also caused 

 noble virtues, as a diuretic, and are good against 

 the jaunuice ; for thi- last purpose a decoction 

 made from the fresh roots is best, The) are bal- 

 samic as well as diuretic, 



