great Virtue in removing that Diftemper, I'thoueht 
proper to fend you a Specimen of its upper Leaves, 
or the lower are' at prefent dried up. 'it is not un- 
like theF^ure which Morijon gives of his lothSpe- 
iythSpe- 
Planfs ^orymbiferous 
Plants, only the Head is not round, as there defcribed 
^^erefore prefumed to call it, Scabwfa,J?or'e 
pallide purpureo capitulo-obkngo, foltis fuperio- 
tntegris, ferratis. The 
Method of preparing -It is to put a Handful of it in- 
^ rr and boil it away to a Pint A 
Cofee-y& full of this Decodlion i^ given Faffini 
a little before Dinner and at Night, to the Patient 
"f ,1 Interval or Intermiffion 
of the Fit, as^in giving the Bark : and it operates or- 
dinarily by Stool or Urine. I have only feen this 
Plant bgr-e, at Ora», Gibraltar, and Mount Lihanus 
where I firft was_ acquainted with its extraordinary 
Q.ualities. If it is not known in England, though 
I think Mr. Bobart ftewed me it at Oxford, pleafe 
?ried''*an7tl ^"9 !l ^ duantity of it 
dried, and the Seed of it, from this Place. There 
are other Herbs here made ufe of in different Diftem- 
pers, and oftentimes with Succefs, and which I (hall 
give you an Account of in the Natural Hillory of 
l^iis Country; but none is in fo much Vogue and 
Efteem, as the Herb I have now defcribed to vou 
How far Its Virtues may be altered, diminilhed, or 
entirely loft in another Climate, Experience alone 
can teach us; only 1 can affure you, that in thh 
the Ufe of it for a few Days has been known to rel 
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