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brought from Tunis. They wereformerly ufed in peftoral decoc-tions, and fuppofed, befides theiremollient and incraflating virtue,to have a flight altringency.

D A U C I C R E TIC I femen :Dauci follis faaiculi tenuijfimis C. B.Candy carrot, or carrot of Crete ;the feeds [£. E.]

This is an umbelliferous plant,growing wild in the Levant, andthe warmer parts of Europe.Th<> feeds, which are brought fromCrete, have a warm biting taile,and a not difagreeable aromaticfmell. They are carminative, andfaid to be diuretic, but at pre-fent little otherwif.' ufed than asingredients in the mithridate andtheriaca.

DAUCI SYLVESTRIS femen :Pajihac* Jyhciiris teauifolire Diof-cnr'uiis, njcl dauci qfficinarum C. _Z>.Wii.d carrot; the feed [£.]

This is common in pafturegrounds and fallow fields through-out England, The feeds polfefsthe virtues of thofe of the dauatsCrctiais, in an inferor degree :nnd have often fupplied theirplace in the ihops ; and beenthemfeW.es fupplied by the feedsof the garden carrot : thefe laftare, in warmth and flavour, theweakeft of the three : the feedsof the Candy carrot are much theltrongeft.

DENTIS LEONIS/wftf-

rax act, radix et folia : Dent is Iconislatiore folio, et angujliore folio C. B.Dandelion ; the ropt and herb [£.]

This plant is common in fields,and uncultivated places ; it hasfeveral narrow dentated leaves ly-ing on the ground, with a flendernaked llalk fultaining a yellowflower. The root, leaves, and llalk,contain a bitter milky juice: they

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promife to be of ufe as aperientand detergent medicines ; and havefometimes been direfted in this in-tention with good fuccefs. Boer-liaave efteems them capable, if du-ly continued, ofrefolving almolt allkinds of coagulations, and openingvery obftinate obstructions of thevilcera.

DIAPENSIA, vide Sanicula.DICTAMNUS ALBUS, vide

Fraxinella.

DICTAMNI CRETICI folia:

Origani Cretici latifohi tomcntojiTpurn. Dittany of Crete [Z.. £.]

This is a kind of origanum laidto grow plentifully in the iilandof Candy, in Dalinatia, and in theMorea : it has been found hardyenough to bear the ordinary wintersof jfiir own climate. The leaves,which are the only part in ufewith us, come from Italy. Thebell fort are well covered overwith a thick white down, andnow and then intermixt with pur-pliih flowers. In fmell and taile,they fomewhat referable lemon-thyme ; but have more of an aro-matic flavour, as well as a greaterdegree of pungency ; when frelh,they yield a confiderable quantityof an excellent elt'cntial oil. Theyare ingredients in the pulvis e myr-rba, fpecies e fcordio, mithridate, andtheria:a \_L.~\

DIGITALIS folia: Digitalispurpurea folia afpero C. B. Fox-glove ; the leaves.

This grows wild in woods, andon uncultivated heaths: the ele-gant appearance of its purple flow-ers (which hang in fpikes alongone lide .of the llalk) has gain-ed it sj place in fome of ourgardens' The leaves have beenlirongly recommended, externally%■ 4 again li