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gads of heated fteel have been often quenched ; and is no lefs effe¢tual for thefe pur- 
pofes than plantane or comfrey, and to reftrain any other flux of blood, either in man 
or woman; as alfo to confolidate broken and diflocated bones. The juice thereof 
drank in wine, or the decoétion of the herb taken, killeth the worms in the ftomach 
and belly, as alfo fuch as are fometimes feen in putrid and ulcerated wounds. Made 
into a falve, it is a good plaifter for foul and malignaat fores ; the diftilled water of 
the herb anfwereth the fame purpofes, though fomewhat weaker, yet is it elteemed 
a fine medicine, and often chofen in preference to the former. Syrups, ointménts,. 
and emplaifters of it, are truly valuable houfhold medicines. " 
fee BLEELLUIN 
Description. It fhooteth forth many long branches, partly lying upon the ground,. 
and partly ftanding upright, fet with almoft round leaves, yet a little pointed and. 
fometimes bordering upon an oval fhape, placed without order, fomewhat hoary, 
and of an evil ereenifh white colour; from the joints to the tops of the talks, grow 
with the leaves, upon fmall fhort footftalks, fmall fowers, one at each place, open- 
ing or gaping like fnap-dragons, or. rather like toad-fiax, with the upper part of a | 
yellow colour, and the under of a purpleith, with a fmall heel-or fpur behind; after 
thefe come {mall round heads, containing fmall black feed. The root is fall ma 
threaddy, perifhing annually, and rifing again of its own fowing. 
There is another fort which hath longer branches, wholly trailing upon the ground, 
- two or three feet Jong, and fometimes not quite fo thick fet with leaves, which alfo 
$row upon fmall footftalks ; they are rather larger than the former, and fometimes — 
Jagged on the edges, but the lower part being the broadeft, and terminating ina 
jimall point, its fhape does not bear the moft diftant refemblance to that of the ear of 
moft animals; it is fomewhat hairy but not hoary, and of a better green than the firft. 
The flowers come forth like thofe aforementioned, but the colour of the upper part 
is rather white than yellow, and the purple not fo fair; the flower is every way larger, 
as are the feeds and feedzveflels. The root is like the other, and perifheth yearly. 
Pracr. They grow in the borders and other parts of corn-fields and fertile 
grounds, efpecially near Southfleet in Kent, and at Buckworth, Hamer and 
-Rickmanfworth in Huntingdonhhire, and in many other places. ; 
Timez. They are in bloom about i or July, and the whole plant is dry and a 
perifhed before September. - 
Governuent anp Virtuzs. It isalunar herb, The leaves bruifed and applied we 
: with barley-meal to watering eyes that are hot and inflamed by defluxions from 
head, is igen exceedingly 5 5 as alfo the flooding of blood 2 and humour 
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