170 OirLPEPBB'S COMPLETE HEBBIX. 



GOSMORE (LONG-ROOTED).— (J7y^oc^flprw Radkata,) 



Called also HawkweeH 



jDescrip. — This rises from a moderately thick and long 

 brown root, with leaves in a cluster at the bottom ; thej 

 are oblong, broad, and of a deep green, widely notched at 

 the edges, rather rough to the touch. The stalks are slen- 

 der, tough, and branched, a foot and a half high, and of a 

 pale green ; they have rarely any leaf upon them. The 

 flowers are of a gold colour, and grow on the tops of the 

 branches. 



Plac6, — It is common in pastures, and hilly situations. 



Time.—lt flowers in June. 



OovemmerU and Virtites, — This Gk>smore, as well as the 

 following, is an herb of Venus, and very useful to the la- 

 dies. They are good for stone and stoppage of unne, and 

 promote the menstrual flux, and to that end are frequent- 

 ly mixed with chalybeates ; they are likewise good for the 

 gout and sciatica ; outwardly they are used for the itch, 

 either the juice or powder mixed with a proper ointme ut. 



GOSMORE {S1^00TK).'-( ffypochceris Glabra,) 



Deserip. — The stalk is hard, leafless, and of a pale green ; 

 the leaves a bright shining green ; the flowers a pale yel- 

 low, their cups having a pretty appearance. 



P/ac«.— This is a biennial little plant on high grounds, 

 but not common. It is mostly found in Warwickshire, 

 and about Bristol and Denham. 



Time. — It blooms in August. 



Oovemment and Virtues. — It has the taste of the for- 

 mer, but faint and unpromising ; is seldom used ; it is 

 warming, aperient, and useful in disorders of the kidneys, 

 aa stone and strangury, provoking urine ; it expedites the 

 birth, and brings away the after-birth. It is likewise ac- 

 counted alexipharmic, and good against the bites and 

 stings of venomous creatures. 



GOSMORE (SPOTTED.)— CiTyjoocAoTW Maculata.) 



Detcrip. — The stalk is greyish, and naked like the for- 

 mer ; has slight Alms, and a single branch ; the leaves are 

 oblong or oval, undivided, of a pale green, and spotted 

 with black. The flowers are of a fine light yellow. 



Place. — This is a biennial, native of our heaths ; a small, 

 but singular plant ; it grows upon Newmarket heath, but 

 it is not conunon. 



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