X 



> 



PAET SECOND. 



We will now procort] to give a dv-scri priori of the vegclaUe, 



roots, aud such oihrr r.rriclf s rs are n!;CC3.s;iiy lo prepare the 



medicines already deseriK^rflundor the head.s oF the diHlrent 

 numbers. This is arrn.^td m sruch a manner that each two 

 numbers correspond, vi?:: the heri:^ and roots, for instance^ 

 described under No. 3j in tJj.s pan oi ihe wtnk, are all good 

 for canker, as is described under iiic l^-'ad of jyumher Tkree^ 

 in liic first p:irt of the wr.vic, where die nu de of preparing that 

 ' comptuud is fully depcri; -^mI. 



^o 1, TO CLEANoE TIIi: Si 0.\lACIJ, v^c. ' 



E 



sonietimps rriUed, Lchdia 



Inflataj Lobelia Emeiicj emeiic weed^ ptfke 

 iveedy and Indian tobacco. This plant 



y 2^l'0\VS 



sometimes simple, hut almost always compound, 

 namely, full of branches which commence near 

 the root, and grow, from opposite sides and al- 

 ternate points, something like two-thirds of Um 

 way to the top. Beneath each of these branches 

 is a leaf without a foot stalk. These leaves arc 



lance-shaped, slightly toothed at their edges. 

 pretty smooth, except a few line, close-pressed 

 bristles beneath. The stem 



a 



nd branches arc- 



hairs. Th 



groov 



and covered with short stiff 

 part ofthe stems and branch- 



pod 



ppcrted 



to a half inch) under each of which^ as nnd 



