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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
1. CoiiimQn great Celandine. 
Chclidonium mnjus vujgare. 
The ro6t is Imig, thiek; and full of a yellow 
juice; it is freflilpmly .tlivid«d, and ufually has 
many large fibres. 
* -1 he firft leaves arifein a nuineroirs taft-: they 
are large, and beautifully pinnated : each is com- 
pofed of three m four -pairs of ftnallei- leara, 
placed OB a rib, with- -ah odd otit 'at the 'end. ■ 
The ftalk is round, weak, branched; 'ind- two 
fiet-bigh." ■ _ ■ { - ; >i i 
Thi leavcs- on- it refcnible thofe from the foot, 
and are of- a pale green. 
- Tlitt-flbwers are fniall, and of a gold ytfflow : 
they gro-f feveral together on the tOffs" of: the 
ria5k-s.f--eadi- having iKtJWn feparate ren!!l'r"foot- 
The feed-veffels are'lcmg llSniJer gods, cph- 
tJining nuii^erous fteds^ -' ' 
Tht whole plant is firB bf adeep y'etlow juice. 
It is- coirttnon m wafte places, and flowers in 
June, ' --' ". -i (. .-. .. . 
■C: Bsufime- <fa5)s a- Shelrdanitim ^sjUs Vlil^aYe ; 
and the fame name is given it by moft others. ' 
What \% zMtiJinaJl celfindine h,3. yety di/ft- 
rent 'plant, ^deTcribed, 'in the Eilf. clafs of this 
work under its more proper iiame /'//(jK'tf?-^ 
Chelidonium fcBs lacimalts. 
The root is long and l^icl;,, brqwn.gn the fur- 
face and yellow within, and full of a yellow 
TSe firit' liaves are very lar^'i;: the'y have long 
foofftalHs'v and (prcad into, a_ broad,, tf, well as 
high, tuft' : each is coiiipgicd" of about ijvo pairs, 
of fmall . i-,, ' placed on , t!ie!r',frpai-ate footftalks, on 
a,rib which, fcas ah oddone,at the end. . , 
■ The ftalk is roufid,, weak,, .hairy,. ancC of ,a- 
pale gf'eEn V it is but moderately ereit, and little 
branched. , . 
The'leives (land^'irregufariy on itj ajid. r£7 
.s:.:;;r. si;: ruA i.n^.s^ rn , . . - 
a Y>xr of fmall leaves, at the bafc of each larger, 
which feems complcat without them : the p-ntia:, 
or fmall leaves, compofmg the larger in this fpc- 
' cies, are very deeply and lharply divided, and 
hairy. 
The flowers are fmall and yellow: the fced- 
vtflils are long and thick ; and the feeds are nu- 
merous. 
It is common in feveral parts of England on 
banks, and flowers in Auguft. 
.. C. Bauhine calls it Chiliioumm majus foliis 
qiiernh. J. Baoljine, more properly, Chel:dmim» 
mjui folio lacimato; for the leaves of the com- 
mon kind more referable thofe of the oak than 
thefe. , . 
■ k has been conlidered by many, and by Mr. 
R.ay among the reft, as. no mor,e- than, a variety 
of tl,B laft fpccies ;.' but it is cffentially differetlt : 
no^ only the leaves vary, but 'the flowas Ije. 
fmarter, and the pods. are laroe'r " 
■ . ° "- . . .- iJ L.ji 
This and the other 'both "poircfs the fanie jfitj. 
tues, but the other, or mnm<inj^.eat^ celandiy^s^m 
the greater degree. ^ _ ' . 
■ " Tt is an excellent medicine" 'agalnft ' obftruc-'^ 
tions of the vifcera. It operates both bji.ftqoi 
and urine ; ancl is good in 'the' jaundice, ..^nijj 
obftruftions of the. fpleen.:.:the root, beat jip 
with, fugar into a conferve is the 'li'ft TOy,,.()j 
I giving it for this purpofe." ' .i ."^^ 
It is alfo a cordial and fudoHfick : for 'this 
ufe an infufion is beft. The root ftiould be 
cut into flicES, aflj bfcjlingi?wiiter pouted on it; 
and this fliould be drank warm in bed : it pro- 
motes pe.rfpiratiqn,, and- tlirowi»oij,lj any thing to 
the ftiin:" - - ' ■ ■ 
The juice is famous iti cb'ftniaions of the 
liver. : ■ . : I - - ■ 
The juice, ufcd both outwardfy.andi.iiiwsrdiy,. 
is alfo flTongly recommended: in^difordtlrs: of. the 
eyes. ..^ ■ . ; - ' . -.; 
The root, dried and pawdefed, is a bapfatnitfr 
and fubaftringent : it is given again* -blbildy- 
fiuxes, and in other haemorrhages : half a dRSn' 
fg?^a:dpfe. 
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N U S IV. 
wielowherb" 
e p i l 0 e i'u'm. 
rpHE flower is compofed of four broad petals, with a tuft of threads in the centre : the cup is 
, /ftrnisdrf fout,obWag,,.colourcd leaves, and falk with the flower : the' feed-veflSI is rery-lolK'^ 
ana, flct!der..r^und£d,^iBd;(Jivided w-ithin into four ceUs ; and .the feeds are -hun.^ with -a- fine dowfiy 
matter. .■ , ,, , i 
I,ijin.TW places ,this,,amo8g. the oSmdm imnogyma i the threads in each flower being eight, and 
the ftyle trom the rudiment of the fruit finglei 
The ,nan,e by wh.ich this genus is comn^only. diftinguUhed in Latin is /v>:erf-«; but that having 
been given to^feveral other genera,, as the loofeJiHfi ^r,d fiMcaria, cannot be retained for this without' 
c9nfufion. That name ws ongi^rally given to the yellow wUkwM or loofejlrifi, a genus alto-ether 
diftina from this, and defcribed in a preceding clafs : I have therefore appropriated i? to th.at genuS-: 
^,»'^-f«'-:.;.'»-'V'"'of^'l epiloiirm, . Siiv,^ by, Linnsus.-and -in ufe among moft of th^ 
modern writers, for the fame diftinft aflbrtment of plants. 
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