38 The VEGETABLE SYSTEM. 
fhape, and of a ftrong crimfon, full of a yellowifl) pulp, in each are two 
Seeds. It flowers in Auguft. 
This is the Plant whofe Root is the famous Ginfeng , of which 
the Chinefe think fuch wonders: they efteem it a cure for almofi: all 
difeafes ; and fancy it will make men any thing but immortal. It has 
been try’d with u% and is found a cordial and reftorative, but its virtues 
by no means anfwer the Chinefe accounts. 
They might well be deceived who looked for the fame virtues in 
the Root Nindfl, which is a fpecies of an umbelliferous Plant, Sium, 
altogether different from this. We have it ufually flale and bad j and to 
encreafe the difappointment of thofe who have fometimes thought of 
taking it, we have found that when it has been bought at its weight in 
gold, the ingenious Chinefe had lodged lead in its middle to encreafe 
the profit. 
2. THREE LEAVED HEALTHWORT. 
Plate 1 2. Fig. 2. 
Chara&er of the Species. Panax trifolium. 
The Leaves ftand by threes ; and each divifion is into threes 
again. 
Fig. 2. a l. 
This is a perennial, native of Virginia, a low Plant, flowering in July. 
The Stalk is pale ; the Leaves are of a faint and yellowifh green ; the 
Flowers are white j the Root has the flavour of the other, but 
weakly. 
aggregates. 
ORDER II. 
Whofe particular Cup is entire, but folded at the Edge or 
Brim. 
GENUS 
