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HKJURVY-GRASS (GREENLAND.)— {'CbcA/wna 

 (Jrcenlandica.) 



Detcrip. —This does not rise so large as the common 

 Dutch Scarvy-graas, jet in some rich lands, the leaves grow 

 very large, not dented on the edges, of a fresh green colour, 

 rising from the root, standing on a long footstalk ; from 

 among these rise long slender stalks, with white flowers at 

 the tops of them, which tnrn into small pods, and smaller 

 brownish seed than the former. The root is white, small, 

 and thready. The taste ts not salty, but hot and aromatic. 



Place, — it srrows in gardens mostly. 



Tims, — It flowers in April and May. 



Oovemment and Virtues. — They are all herbs of Jupiter. 

 This abounds with fine volatile parts; infused or the juice 

 expressed, is better than the decoction, because the volatile 

 parts are loet in boiling : it is a specific remedy against 

 scurvy, purifying the juices of the body from the bad ef- 

 fects of that distemper; it clears the skin from scabs, pin> 

 plea, and foul eruptions. Officinal preparations are th» 

 simple water, the spirit, and a conserve. 



SCUEVY-GRASS (lYY-LEAYED,)^ Coohlearia 

 Danica,) 



Descrip. — The only difference in this plant from the 

 others is, the leaves are more divided, so that they appear 

 angular. The colour is light green, and the flowers are 

 ■mailer, and white like the former. 



Place* — It is common on the sea-shore, and in many 

 other places, by the sides of little rills, down the sides of 

 mountains, and in gardens. 



Time, — It blooms in April and May. 



Virtues, — This plant possesses a considerable degree of 

 ■crimony ; it is antiscorbutic, and a powerful remedy in 

 moist asthma, or scorbutic rheumatism. A distilled water, 

 tnd a conserve, are prepared from the leaves, and sold in 

 the shops, its juice together with that of Seville oranges 

 is known by the name of antiscorbutic juicesw The leaves 

 bmiaed, and laid t> the face, or any other part, takes away 

 tpota, freckles, and sun-burns ; but those of delicate com- 

 plczioQS cannot bear the application without injuring them 



