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tifh green Colouron their upper Parts, and very white under- 
neath, being flightly indented about the Edges. 23 
a The Stalk very often rifes four or five Feet high, and fome- 
* thing more than a Fingers thickne{s, coverd with a fort of 
downy Subftance, very like the upper part of the Leaves, and 
divided towards the upper part into many Branches, upon whofe 
extreme Parts are produced large round yellow Flowers, which 
are fucceeded by long and flender Seed. 
The Root is very large, of a darkifh Colour without, and 
white within, whofe Subftance is {weet of Smell, but very 
bitter in Tafte. 
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3. Its Temperature. 
The Root of Elicampane is hot and dry in the third De- 
gree. . 
4. Its Medicinal Virtues. 
"Tis good for fhortnefs of Breath, and an old ftanding Cough; 
the Root preferved is very good for the Stomach, and being 
caten after Supper helps Digeftion, and keeps the Belly fo- 
luble. The Root taken with Honey or Sugar, made into an 
Electuary, cleanfes the Breaft, ripens tough Phlegm, and caufes 
it to be eafy {pit forth. 
5. Its Cultivation. 
This Herb is in bloffom in une and Fuly, after which their 
Seed ripens, which fhould be fown as foon as gather’d; it de- 
lights in deep mellow frefh Land, and the Roots are in greatett 
Perfection in April or the Autumn. | 
S.E.C de aah 
Of feverfew. 
1. Its Names. 
EVERFEW is called by Déofcorides in Greek rapbhéyor, 
of Galen and Paulus, Audegacs; in Latin Parthenium, 
Matricaria, and Febrifuga, of buch/ius Artemifia Tenuifolia, 
eo in 
