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Show cetera am 288 he BRITISH m fupplied thence with the in a manne aein raifed n, and} root; afterwards it Ww propanow in England there is a great that gated ; and it is fo valuable a commodity, the hufbandmen would find it extrem y worth their while to introduce its culture in many other parts ofthe kingdom. L ice is a celebrated medicine’; and it { ierves all that has been written of it. We principally in three forms; the frefh root, the dried root, and what is called the juice. This Jaft is a ftrong decoction of the root boiled to a firm confiflence. The frefh root is in general the beft for ufe. It is excellent to take off the acrimonyof the humours on many occafions. In coughs it is a fovereign remedy, approved by a long expe- DEVS TON e leaves are pinnat quis conglobatis echi The root is long, and very thick, and does not fpread in the manner of the other. The outer bark is of a deep browncolour, the inner fubftance is of a dufky yellow; and the tafte is fweet, as in the commonliquorice, but moremawkifh and lefs agreeable: if the bark be chewed with it, there is alfo a confiderable bitternefs. Theftalk is round, firm, hairy, upright, and a yard high. The leaves ftand irregularly: they are-numerous, and pinnated : each is compofed of eight of ten pairs of pinnz, whichare narrow, oblong, of a dufky green, fomewhat hairy, and pointed at the ends. The flowers grow in round heads, fupported on long, flender footftalks rifing from the bo- in a very regular and is compoled of eight or 11 i oblong, and to fuppof ik in their e Ic was directed by Frequently }by|t erfons in drc thirft, and prevent their drink hic ie G : | this is fingular, and of a in whate wards, the fweet equal to it, does not. This is icular ; b periment will at any time fhewit to be true. Akindof beer maybe brewed with the place of malt, andit will have a confic ftrength and an agreeable flavour. foms of the leaves: they are fmall and blu whole tuft together is confpicuous. The feed-veffels are fhort and pale green, and hairy: they folloy in the fame cluftered manner ; bunchof themis of the bignefs of nut. The feeds are large, kidney-fhaped It is a native of Tartary, andis c to fome other parts of Europe. It Auguft. C. Bauhine calls it G4 Ourpeople call it the Hedg Its virtues are the fame with thofe of the mer; but it is lefs pleafant, and they are inferior; wherefore there can never be 1 tion to ufe it, while the right kind i fal, cheap, and common. Boon Ulares W>@).O, Dr NE T CH, OFR 0 IX. } lare e fhort, | BU 2S; HE flower is papilionaceous, and..compofed of four petals. Ay numerous and round. The vexillumis heart-fahhioned, and at the top terminates in a half cylinder, which is longer than the cupat the bottom. The ale are oblong, and rife upwards, and converge together: they are nearly as long as the vexillum. The carina turns up, and is divided underneath : the edges are compreffed together, andthe belly is fwelled... The cup is formed ofa fingle piece, and is tubula r, and very flightly indentedinfive places at the edge. The pod is.long, flender, and rounded, andit turns up at the top, whereit is fharppointed: the feeds are numerous and-round, The leaves are pinnated ; but they have no tendrils. Linnzus places this among the diadelphia de. candria; the threads being ten, nine in one body, and one fingly. thofe of is author does not d othleave flowers in ne fpecies are nu imilarity of the f the chara éers fh 2 abt ndantly : DLVuS4.0.Ni: HERBAE. and half long, of aj FO pre No F&C TEs, Echinated Liquorice. Lan O G eroundj : they a n, {triated, 2 J, B Ria.1S HW 1. Common Wood-vetch, Orobus vilgatior, The root is long, thick, and {preading : it pe- hetrates far into the ground, and remains many us ¢ §.P-E CLE. two years: its fubftance is firm, andits gfte not unpleafant, The ftalks are numerous, firm, and rigid: they do not fupport themfelves upright, nor have tendrils; for which reafon they trail upon the yround ¢ gt ulternately. ‘ dif t inétions as fixed 1a y are ufeful in the | |