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SOWERWEED (KIDNEY-LEAVED.)— (^-^^J^ 

 Digyna,) 



Desorxp. — This plant grows upright ; the root is small 

 and fibrous, U peri ui{ towards the top. The leaves are 

 shaped like a kiduey, aud grow at the eud of long foot« 

 stalks, which are bo weak that they lie upon the ground : 

 thej are greener within than without, and have a soft down 

 on each side: the tlowersare small and white, and the seed 

 U so light, that the wind scatters it for many miles. 



Place. — It delights in open airy pastures, and open situa- 

 tioDS. ItispleDtiful in Westmoreland, Yorkshire, and Wales. 



Time. — It flowers in Juue. 



OovemmerU and Virtue. — It is a martial plant, and is 

 hot and dry, carminative aud expelling wind, and helps 

 the colic and ^pes. It is alexipharmic, and good against 

 pestilential distempers. It is of use against the stone and 

 the stoppage of urine, and good in all uterine distempers. 



SOW-THISTLE (COMMON.)— (5oncAt« Oleraceus,) 



Descrip. — The leaves of this kind half embrace the stalk, 

 which is slender, hollow, branched, and of a light green, 

 an<l two feet high. The cupti are smooth, the leaves of a 

 fine fresh green, and full of a milky juice. The flowers 

 are numerous, and of a pale lemon colour. 



Place. — This is an annual ; a robust weed, that rises in 

 all gardens, and wa^te grounds. 



Time. — It blooms from November to June. 



Oovemment and Virtues, — This is under Venus. It is 

 divided iuto mauv varieties raised from the same seed, viz: 

 the jagged leaved, the entire leaved, the broad aud narrow. 



SOW-THISTLE (PmCKLY,)—{Sonchus Aeper.) 



Descrip. — This has a yellow, angular, channelled stalk, 

 two feet high, of a fine green, with the lower leaves long, 

 stiff, and much cut in, every indenting ending in a prickle. 

 The flowers are small, numerous, and yellow, and grow 

 several together on the tops of the stalk, shaped like the 

 dandelion, but le«8, of a paler colour; the under part of the 

 petal is tinctured with purple. The flower turns mto down, 

 enclosing long, thin, flattinn seeda The root is thick, long, 

 and whitish ; and the whole plant upon breaking, yields a 

 milky, bitter juice. 



Place. — This a native of our corn-fields and gardens, and 

 flowers from July to November, until the cold kills it. 



