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| green leaves, two on a joint, being larger and harder than the pettle leaves, butdoes_ 
not fting ; at the tops of the ftalks ftand many purple flowers, fet in hufks, not un- 
like thofe of water-bettony, which are followed by round heads with a {mall point — 
in the middle, containing finall brownifh feed. The root is large, white, and thick, 
fhooting forth many branches under the upper crult of the earth, which abideth many 
years, but the leaves perifh annually. 
Piace. It groweth frequently in moift and fhady places, afd j in the bottoms of 
fields and meadows. : 
Time. It flowereth about July, and the feed ripens about.a month after the 
flowers are fallen. 
Government and Virturs. Venus claims dominion over this herb. It isan 
excellent remedy for the king’s evil or any other difeafe in the neck; the decoction — 
of the herb taken inwardly, and the bruifed herb applied outwardly, diffolveth 
clotted and congealed blood, coming from any wound, bruife, or fall, and is no lefs 
‘effectual in removing knots, kernels, bunches, and wens, growing in the fiefh; it 
is good alfo for the hemorrhoids, piles, or other knobs or kernels growing near the ; 
fyndament.. An ointment made hereof may be ufed for the above purpofes when 
the frefh herb is not to be had. The diftilled water of the whole plant, together 
with the root, may alfo be ufed for the afdrefaid diforders ; it drieth up the fuper- 
fluous virulent moifture of hollow and corroding ulcers, and taketh away all rednefs, 
_ pots, and freckles in the face, as alfo the fcurf and blotches therein, and is ufed 
wick good effect to cleanfe the body of the leprofy. , 
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&: = is by fome called dropwort. 
a rib, and much dented on the edges, fomewhat refembling wild tanfy or agtl- 
reading itfelf into many other branches, each bearing feveral white 
Chee confifting of five leaves apiece, with fmall threads in the mid- 
ee : ded oge her ina tuft or umbel, each upon a {mall footftalk, and are 
= | egg pees like buttons, which contain the feed. The Lor 
confifts of ma = 
ftrings, which ron 
eS Tt: 
i To ¢ a and their Gea; is ee kee 
Descri prion. It fhooteth forth many leaves of various fizes, orowing on each 
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feel much harder; among thefe rife up one or more ftalks, two or three — 
— GOvERN- 
