Cynara. 657 
0 BS. I* Calyces ante florefcentinm refefli elixantur 
in aqua (ubfalfa, & eduntur fquamae calycince, vehicu- 
lo embammatis, abradendo carnem lateris interioris; 
receptaculum, ut tenerrimum & magis carnofum, ma- 
xime lapidum eft. Efirantur etiam cofli & refrigerati, 
cum oleo, aceto & pipere* 
OBS. 2. Corolla: rec* in aqua frigida per 48 horas 
infufte, addito pauxillo (alis culinaris, lac coagularunt, 
fere ut coagulum animale, uti docet cl* Young (*). 
Flores Cardui vulgaris, Jacete, fuccus Acetofie, & Ga- 
lium luteum, lac non coagularunt. In Barbaria utun- 
tur Arabes & Mauri floribus Cynarae ad cafsum con- 
ficiendum ; Shaw (**). 
409. CYNARA Cardunculus. Linn. Sp.pl, njp. 
Carduus efculentus* Zuck. Mat. alim ♦ p. 184* 
ScoRmus aculeatus. Tabernam. Hift . /07/. 
Culinis CARDUNCULI Herba. 
Locus . Creta ; colitur in horiis. Perennis . 
FORMA \ rec. Caulis eredus, teretiufculus , 
bipedalis, craffitie pollicis, undique fulcatus, ad- 
fperfus pube rara, fuperne ramoius. Rami al- 
terni, eredi, magis lanuginofi, fubvifcidi, digi- 
tis compreffi debilius adglutinantes , compreill- 
ufculi, ftriati. Folia radicalia petiolata , (ubtus 
viilofa, albido-cinerea, reticulata, fupra glabra, 
faturate viridia, hitidiufcula, tripedalia, duplica- 
to-pinnadfida: pinnis oppofitis , oblongis, apice 
produdis, bafi in coftam decurrentibus, margi- 
ne foliaceo , erecto , integro ; fingulis pinnati- 
fidis ; (in ubus fubtus reflexis ; laciniis lanceolatis, 
integris ; Caulina alterna , feflilia , brevius de- 
T t cur- 
(*) Dij/ert . de Lacte , in cl. Sandifort Tbe/aur . dijfert, vol* 
2 p. 534 - 
(**) Voyage dans la Barbar, &g, tom . 1. p* 31/. . 
