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The Seed is fmall , and 
black. It grows plentiful- 
ly upon the Dung--hills, in 
Hop-grounds , and upon 
fat Earth. 
Ipmollifies, cools, and 
taftes infipid. 
i5UtGd)a£tte$, in La- 
tin Cyanus. The Root is 
woody , and fibrous. It 
has many Stalks a Foot 
and an half, or two Foot 
high ; they have Angles, 
are hoary, and divided in- 
to Branches. The Iower- 
aioft leaves have fharp 
fags, like Scabious, or Dan- 
delion ; the other are long, 
and as broad as a Blade of 
Grafs : and have Nerves, 
that run along them : They 
are Sky-colour d, or whi- 
tifh. The Flowers come 
from little Heads that are 
compos’d of Scales ; they 
confift of little jagged 
Horns, and are com monly 
of a Sky-colour, fometimes 
white, or of a light red, 
er purple. The Seed is 
contain’d in thelitrleHead 
©f the Flower. The whole 
Plant taftes dry, and fomer 
what naufeous, and has no 
good Smell. It grow com- 
monly among Corn. 
The Flower and the 
diftilfd Waters are ufeful 
for Inflammations of the 
Eyes, and for the Bleared- 
nefs of them. The Juice 
of the Flowers diftill’d, is 
good for putrid Ulcers. 
The Powder of it, taken 
inwardly, is very effccftual 
in the Jaundice. The 
Flowers infus’d in Spirit 
of Wine, or in common 
Water, impart their Co- 
lour to the Liquor ; and 
they alfo colour Sugar ve- 
ry curioufly, as do the 
Flowers of Succory, and 
the like. 
in Latin Bor- 
Mg?. ’Lis very cordial ; 
and the Flower is one of 
the four Cordial-Flowers. 
The diftill’d Water , and 
the Conferve of the Flow- 
ers, comfort the Heart, re- 
lieve the Faint, chear the 
Melancholy , and purifie 
the Blood. Tpds Herb is 
fuppos’d to be ffatuer's Ne~ 
i by the Juice where- 
of, mix’d whh Wine, he 
was wont to expelSorrow. 
The Water of it is good 
for Inflairjinatipfis of the 
Eyes, 
