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Terra del Fuego

antarcticum may easily be known to contain antescorbutick virtues capable of being of great service to ships who may in futurity touch here of these two therefore I shall give a short description. Scurvy grass is found plentifully in damp places near springs in general every where near the beach especialy at the watering place in the Bay of good success when young & in its greatest perfection it lays flat on the ground having many bright green leaves standing in pairs opposite each other with an odd one at the end which makes in general the 5th on a footstalk after this it shoots up in stalks sometimes 2 feet high at the top of which are small white blossoms which are succeeded by long podds the whole plant much resembles that that is calld Ladys Smock or Cuckold flower in England only that the flowers are much smaller. Wild Celery resembles much the Celery in our gardens only that the leaves are of a deeper green the flowers like it stand in small tufts at the tops of the Branches & are white it grows plentifully near the Beach generaly in the first soil which is above spring tides & is not easily mistaken as the taste resembles
 

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