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Show GARDEN CARROT. DAUCUS SATIVA. Wi b DSC AR RUT. DAUCUS CAROTA. Class ¥V. Pentandria. Order IY. Digynia. Corolla subradiate, all bisexual: Corolla rough Essent. Gen, Cuar. with hairs. Spec. Cuar. Sceds hispid: Petals nerved underneath. pe Order IL. Digynia. a : HISTORY. Turs is only a variety of the last, and is the product ofcultivation, It is too well known to need description. DESCRIPTION. Tus plant rises about two feet. Leaves many times pinnate towards the root, hairy. Umbel composed of several radii, forming a flat surface on the top, but when the fruit ripens be- comes concave, and drawn together. Class V. Pentandria. The general involucre consists of several leayes, which are cut into long narrow S¢- ments. ‘he partial is more simple, consisting of strap-shaped leaflets. ‘The seeds are two, assembled, convex, and covered with strong hairs. HISTORY. Tt grows wild in meadows and pastures, and flowers from June till August. VLELREVUES, Theseeds of this sort of carrot have a warm andnot disagree able taste, and are esteemed as stomachic and diuretic. MEDICAL USE. It was not used for anymedicinal purpose in this country,till about twenty years ago, when it was discovered that poultices madeof this root grated, and applied to cancerous and old angry Sores, removed their very offensive smell, and mendedthedischarge, The remarkable effects which these poultices at first produced, made practitioners for some time believe that they had discovered a remedy which would cure the cancer: further experiments, however, tanght them, that although such poultices Were of great service in promoting the cure of some foul sores, = that they had not sufficient efficacy to cure the cancer; and that they only corrected the bad offensive smell, mendeda little |