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C. Bauhine calls it Ghyrrbiza filiquofa five Ger- 
manica. 
It was originally cultivated in Germany, and 
in a manner a!l Europe fupplied thence with the 
root; afterwards it was raifed in Spain, and 
now in England there is a great deal propa- 
gated; and it is fo valuable a commodity, that 
the hufbandmen would find it extremely worth 
their while to introduce its culcure in many other 
parts of the kingdom. 
Liquorice is a celebrated medicine ; and it de- 
ferves all that-has been written of it. We fee it 
principally in three forms; the frefh root, the 
dried root, and what is called the juice. This 
Jaft is a ftrong decoétion of the root boiled to a 
firm confiflence.. The frefh root is in general 
the beft for ufe. 
It is excellent to take off the acrimony of the 
humours on many occafions. In coughs it is a 
fovereion remedy, approved by a long expe- 
DIVISION IL. 
Echinated Liquorice. 
Ghyeyrrbiza filiquis conglobatis echinatis. 
The root is long, and very thick, and does not 
fpread in the manner of the other. The outer 
bark is of a deep brown colour, the inner fub- 
ftance is of a dufky yellow; and the tafte is 
f{weet, as in the common liquorice, but more mawkith 
and lefs agreeable: if the bark be chewed with 
it, there is alfo a confiderable bitternefs. 
The ftalk is round, firm, hairy, upright, and 
a yard high. : 
The leaves ftand irregularly: they are nume- 
rous, and pinnated: each is compofed of eight 
er ten pairs of pinnae, which are narrow, oblong, 
of a-dufky green, fomewhat hairy, and pointed 
at the ends. ; 
The flowers grow in round heads, fupported 
on long, fender footftalks rifing from the bo- 
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rience ; and it promotes expectoration at the fame 
time that it thickens the juices. It is alfo good 
in nephritic complaints from the fame principle. 
The antients looked on it asa remedy both 
againtt thirft and hunger. It will take off the 
common fenfations of both for atime; but it is 
an error to fuppole it can fupply the place of food 
and drink in their effects. 
It was directed by the old phyficains to be fucked 
frequently by perfons in dropfies, to abate their 
thirft, and prevent their drinki: g too often: and 
this is fingular, that whereas the {weet of fugar> 
in whatever form, makes perfons thirfty after- 
wards, the {weet of Uquorice, which is at leaft 
equal to it, does not. This is particular ; but ex- 
periment will at any time fhew it to be perfeétly 
true. 
A kind of beer may be brewed with /quorice in 
the place of malt, and it will have a confiderable 
ftrength and an agreeable flavour. 
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foms of the leaves: they are fmall and blue: the 
whole tuft together is confpicuous. 
The feed-veffels are fhort and flatted, of a 
pale green, and hairy: they follow the flowers 
in the fame cluftered manner; and the whole 
bunch of them is of the bignefs of a {mall wall- 
nut. 
The feeds are large, kidney-fhaped, and brown. ; 
It is a native of Tartary, and is common alfo 
to fome other parts of Europe. It flowers in 
Auguft. eee 
C. Bauhine calls it Glycyrrhiza capite echinato, 
Our people call it the Hedge-bog liquorice. 
Its virtues are the fame with thofe of the for- 
mers but it is lefs pleafant, and they are infe- 
tior; wherefore there can never be any tempta- 
tion to ufe it, while the right kind is fo univer- 
fal, cheap, and common. 
NgioUsin28 IX. 
WOOD-VETCH. 
OR One Us 
rpHE flower is papilionaceous, and compofed of four petals. The vexillum is heart-fafhioned, 
and at the top terminates in a half cylinder, which is longer than the cup at the bottom. The 
ala are oblong, and rife upwards, and converge together: they are nearly as long as the vexillum. 
The carina turns up, and is divided underneath: the edges are compreffed together, and the belly is 
fwelled. The cup is formed of a fingle piece, and is tubular, and very flightly indented in five places 
at the edge. The pod is long, flender, and rounded, and it turns up at the top, where it is fharp- 
pointed : the feeds are numerous and round. - The leaves are pinnated ; but they have no tendrils. 
Linnzeus places this among the diadelphia decandria; the threads bein 
g ten, nine in one body, and 
one fingly. 
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1. Common Wood-vetch. years: its fubftance is firm, and its tafte not un- 
pleafant. 
The ftalks are numerous, firm, and rigid ; 
they do not fupport themfelves upright, nor have 
Orobus vulgatior. 
The root is long, thick, and fpreading: it pe- 
netrates far into the ground, and remains many 
ground: 
tendrils ; for which reafon they trail upon the 
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