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TETRADYNAMIA SILICULOSA. 343 



Common officinal Scurvy grafs. AngUs, 



Biolaire. Gatilis. 



Upon rocks on the fea coafl, and on the highland 

 moffntains abundantly. $ . V. 



The radical leaves ftand on long footftalks, are 

 heart-ihap'd at the bafe, but rounded and nightly 

 angular in the circumference, fmooth, fucculenr, 

 and of a deep green color : thofe on the ftalk 

 are feffile, oval-lanceolate, embracing the ftalk 

 at the bafe, and have now and then a fev/ large 

 angular dents on the edges r the flov/ers are white 

 and fweet-fcented : the Silicida is oval, gibbous, 

 and terminated with a (hort blunt ftyle : each cell 

 contains four feeds. 



It has an acrid, bitter and acid tafte, and is highly 

 recommended for the fcurvy. There areinftances 

 of a whole fnip's crew having been cured ot that 

 diftemper by it ; and as it abounds with acid 

 falts, there can be no doubt but that it is a great 

 refifter of putrefaction. The beft way of taking 

 it is raw in a fallad. It is alfo diuretic, and ufe- 

 ful in dropfies. The highlanders efteem it as a 

 good ftomachic. 

 COCHLEARIA foliis haftato-angulatis, omnibus 

 deltoidibus. Lin. mantifs. altera, p. 4^5- ^'- P'- 

 003. {Ger. em. 271./. 5- Moris, hifl.f. 3. t. 21 

 / 3. Vet. hrb. t. 49- /• S- Oed. Ban. t. 100. opt.) 

 Danifn Scurwgrafs. Angiis. 

 Upon the rocks on the fca coaft, intermixed now 

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