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 are recommended thus taken for the jaundice 

 and cachexy, and in a ftrong decodlion for the 

 gravel. 



autumnak 



2. 



LEONTODON caule ramofo, pedunculis fqua- 

 mofis, foliis lanceolatis dentatis integerrimis gla- 

 bris. Sp, pL 1123. fG^r. em, 296./. 2. Pet. herb* 

 /. 12./. 3. 4. Moris. hiji,f, 7. /. 7. /. 6. ordinis 

 inferior is.) 



Yellow Devil's-Bit. Anglis. 



In meadows and paftures frequent. % . VIII. 



The root is fhort, thick, truncated and crown'd 

 with fibres. The ftalks naked and branch'd. 



. The radical leaves numerous, fmooth, of a va- 

 riable figure, commonly deeply indented, or la- 

 ciniated half-way down to the rib, the lacini^ 

 acute and intire. Sometimes they are almoft 

 intire, being only flightly dented. The ftalk is 

 tumid under the flower. The calyx fmooth ; the 

 flowers yellow. The feed longifh, and crown'd 

 with a plumofe feffile down. 



The flower opens about feven o'clock in the morn- 

 ing, and clofes at three in the afternoon. 



hifpidum 3 LEONTODON calyce toto eredo, foliis, dentatrs 

 integerrimis hifpidis, fetis furcatis, Lin. fyft. nat. 

 j>. 522. Sf.fl. 1124. {Ger. emac. 303./. 6. Fet. 

 herb. t. 11./. 9, 10. Moris, hiji.f. 7. /. 8. j%. »/A 

 ordinis medii ad dextram.) 

 Rough Dandelion. Anglis. 

 In meadows and paftures frequent, of. VL 



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