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The lejj'er CelanDtne, 
or Pile-wort, in Latin Che- 
lidonium minus. ’Tis a. lit- 
tle Plant, about a Hand’s 
breadth, which has yearly 
a new Root , Leaf and 
Flower. The Root is in- 
lipid, and partly round, as 
an Onion, and partly con- 
lifting of many white Fi- 
bres ; from whence arilcs a 
fmall Stalk, near the Earth 
white, above of a light 
purple; and at the bottom 
is a Joint from whence a- 
rifes two Leaves, opp elite 
one to another, with long 
Stalks, that have a broad 
Beginning, and arc of a 
flelhy Colour, and end nar- 
row and Green : They are 
fomewhat like Ivy-leaves, 
but l'oftcr, lei's and round- 
er, they fhine, and are 
nervous, and have fome- 
times white Spots ; as alfo 
thofc two that a rile from 
the Root. The Leaves, up- 
on the Stalks are much in-, 
dented, like the L raves of 
Creeping-Ivy ; and they 
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bling that of Crowfoot, 
confifting of eight or nine 
fmall Leaves, of a Golden 
{Fining Colour. The Cup 
conliftsof three little, fhorr, 
Leaves, and has in the mid- 
dle many yellow Threads. 
A little Head, cover’d with 
Pricks, fuccecds the Flow- 
er, of a ycllowifli green 
Colour, compos’d of the 
Seeds, It flowers at the 
latter eed of March , or 
the beginning of April ; in 
May the Leaves and Flow- 
ers vanifli ; the Roots {hoot 
forth the next Spring. It 
grows in Meadows, near 
Ditches, and chiefly in wet 
Grounds. 
It cools and moiftens ^ 
and is chiefly ufed for the 
Jaundice , Scurvy , and 
Bleeding of the Hemor- 
rhoids. Outwardly ap- 
plied, *cis a Speciftck for 
Excrcfcencics in the Fun- 
dament and is much com- 
mended ; for clcanfing the 
Teeth, and for preferring 
them from Putrefaction. 
arc commonly plac’d alter- 
nately ,and hang urQnfliort, 
green Foot-ftalks, At the 
top of the Branches is 
plac’d one Flower, refem- 
The lejj'er CftltDjp , in 
Latin Centaurium minus* 
The Root is fmall, white 
and woody, it creeps awry, 
