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pear as if perforated on the furface, being punc- 

 tated with numerous pellucid veficles. The 

 flowers are yellow and grow in clufters terminat- 

 ing the branches, and forming a kind of umbel. 

 The petals are mutilated, or feem to have a 

 fmall piece cut out on one fide, and are denti- 

 culated an the other ; their margins towards the 

 top, and fometimes the whole furface is fprlnkleci 

 with black dots. The leaves of the calyx arc 

 intire, without glands, and about half the length 

 of the petals. The anthers are marked with 

 a fmooth black fpot, or lateral gland, placed on 

 tht Jeptum between the two lobes. The JligfMta 

 are of a dark red color. 

 An oil or tindlurc of the flowers is efteemed a 

 good vulnerary. The exprefs'd juice or infufion 

 of the fame is reckoned good to deilroy worms, 

 to refolve coagulated blood, and to promote 

 tirine. 



The dried plant boiled in water widi alum, dyes 

 yarn of a yellow color, and tht Swedes give a fine 

 purple tinge to their fpiritous liquors with the 

 flowers 



The fuperllitious in Scotland carry this plant about 

 them as a charm ag-ainfl: the dire efi~e6ls of witch- 

 craft and enchantment. They alfo cure, or fancy 

 they cure their ropy milk, which they fuppofe to 

 be under fome malignant influence, by putting 

 this herb into ir, and milking afrefli upon it. 



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