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the tops of the branches, socceeded each by a cluster of 

 seeds, resembling a strawberry, whence the name. 



Place, — It grows wild in Cumberland and Wales. 



Time. — It nowers in May and June. 



ChvernmerU and Virtues. — It is under Jupiter. The 

 root pooocoBoe a considerable astringency, and is excellent 

 in the orerflowing of the menses, and in bloody stoola The 

 best way of giving it is in powder, its dose is a scruple. 

 The young leaves m an infusion are diuretic. It is good 

 in intermittant fevera 



SUCCORY (GARDEN.)— (CicAoriMm Sativum,) 



Descrip. — This has longer and narrower leaves than the 

 Endive, and more cut on the edges, the root abides many 

 years. It bears blue flowers, and the seed is hardly dis- 

 tinguishable from the seed of ordinary Endive, 



SUCCORY (WILD.)— (CicAorium IrUylnu.) 



Detcrip. — The difference between this and the garden 

 kind is, its growing wild, and not rising on the ground, 

 much cut in on both the edges, even to the middle rib, 

 endiniif in a point; sometimes it has a rib down to the mid- 

 dle of the leaves, from among which rises up a round, 

 hard, woody stalk, spreading into many branches, set with 

 ■mailer and lessor divided leaves on them up to the tops, 

 where stand the flowers, which are like the garden kind, 

 and the seed is also ; the root is white, but more woody 

 and hard than the garden kind. The whole plant is ex- 

 ceedingly bitter. 



Place. — It grows in many parts of England, in waste, 

 nntilled and barren fields. The other only in gardens. 



Oavernment and Virtues, — It is under Jupiter. Thegar^ 

 den kind, as it is more dry and less cold than Endive, so it 

 opens more. A handful of the leaves or roots, boiled in 

 wine or water, and drank fasting, drives forth choleric and 

 phlegmatic humours, opens obstructions of the liver, gall, 

 and spleen, helps the jaundice, the heat of the reins, and 

 of urine. A decoction made of the wine, and drank, is ef- 

 fectual against lingering agues; and a dram of the seed in 

 powder, drank in wine, before the fit of ague, helps to 

 drive it away. The distilled water of the herb and flow- 

 ers has the like properties, and is good for hot stomachs, 

 and in agues, either pestiieutial or of long continuance ; 

 foi swooning and passious of the heart, for neat and h#«»4- 



