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Yellow Succory

Description. This has a thick taper root, brown on the outside, and white within, fuller of better milk. It grows deep in the ground: the lower leaves resemble those of dandelion in their shape, and tooth-like sections; but they are much larger, and hairy: the stalk rises to be a yard or more in height, striated, hairy, and angular, having the leaves set on without foot-stalks, almost encompassing the stalk, being sharp-pointed at the end. Among these grow the flowers, set on close to the stalk, several together, of a fine gold yellow, composed of several rows of flat petela indented at the ends; the seed is brown and longish, and grows not in down like the seed of dandelion. Place. It is planted in gardens.

Time. It flowers an June.

Government and virtues. It is under Jupiter: the ancient Botanical writers generally affirm, that Succory is cold, but its bitterness manifestly shews it to be hot. However, it is aperitive and diuretic, opening obstructions of the liver, and is good for the jaundice; the seed partakes of the same virtues, but in a lower degree; besides which, it is good to destroy worms. The root, leaves, flowers, and seed, are used. The seed is one of the four smaller cold seeds.