The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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VII. 
SUCCORY. 
C t C II 0 R E V M. 
»-rHE flower is eompofed of numerous flofcules, ranged in a common cups which, before it 
J- opens is of a cylinddc figure. Thirteen Icales or leaves form it ; and of thofe eight are nar- 
row and oblong : thefc ftand inward, and form the cylindric part. The other five are broader, fhorter, 
and placed outward. Each flofcule is flat, and deeply indented in five places at the edge. The feeds 
have no downy matter annexed to them. 
I. Wild Succory. 
Cichoremn fylvefirc. 
The root is long and flender. 
The fl:alks are tliick, of a deep green, two 
feet high, but very irregular in their growth, fre- 
quently branched, and placed obliquely rather 
than upright.. 
The leaves are long, moderately broad, of a 
fine green, and deeply divided into toothed feg- 
menis. 
The flowers are large and blue : they fl:ick to 
the ftalks at the inlertions of the leaves, and 
Ibmetimes alio terminate the branches. 
It is common in wafl:e places, and flowers in 
Augufl:. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cichorium fyheftre vel offici- 
narum. 
Thtgarden-fiiccory d'lSas in nothing from it but 
culture. 
It poflcffes the virtues of dandelion, but in a 
more powerful degree, operating ftrongly by 
urine, and removing obfl:ru£tions of the vil- 
cera. 
■ I he beft method of taking it is in a fl:rong in- 
fufion of the frefh-gathered root. 
GENUS VIII. 
NIPPLEWORT. 
THE flower is eompofed of about fixteen petals, placed in a commoii cup S which is of an oval 
form, and angulatcd, and made of fourteen fcales. Eight of thefe confl:itute the inner part ; 
and they are long and narrow ; fix form the outer part at the bafe ; and they are fhort. Each flof- 
cule is lightly divided into five parts at the end. The feeds have no down. 
Linnaus ranges this, the following and preceding, with the refl:, among the fyngemfm. 
I. Common Nipplewort; 
Lampfana vulgaris. 
The root is long, and hung with many 
fibres. 
The flalk is upright, a yard high, of a faint 
green, and divided into many branches. 
The leaves are large, oblong, broad, of a 
dufky green, and lightly and irregularly notched 
near the bafe, efpecially thofe toward the bot- 
tom of the ftalk. 
The flowers are very fmall and yellow ; but 
they are numerous at the tops of all the 
branches. 
It is common in wafl:e ground, ;»nd flowers in 
July. 
C.Baiihine calls-it Soncho affin'ts laTTJpfma do- 
2. Dwarf Nipplewort, called Swines Succory. 
Lampfana minima. 
The root is long, flender, and hung with a 
few fibres. 
The leaves are numerous and oblong, a little 
notched at the edges, and of a dulky green. 
The flalk is naked, and fometimes Angle, 
fonnetimes divided; of a pale]green, and fix inches 
high. 
The flowers are fmall and yellow ; and they 
terminate the ftalks and branches. 
It is found in corn-fields, and flowers in 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Hyferis. 
The root of the common jtippjs'wort is recom- 
mended as diuretick and deobflruent ; but it ia 
not ufed. 
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