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fciatica, as it hath been found by experience to be a moft admirable edy forthefe 
diforders ; as alfo joint-achs, and other cold diforders. ‘It iseven a ied, that the 
very carrying of it about in the pocket will defend the beares from any attack of 
the aforefaid complaint. 
G K.@ M..B oly : 
OF this I fh@il briefly defcribe three kinds, which are chiefly ufed medicinally ; 
the virtues of each are the fame, but different in the manner of their growth. 
Description. The greater gromel rifeth up with flender, hard, and hairy ftalks, 
trailing and taking root as it lyeth on the ground; it fpreads itfelf by feveral {mall 
branches, whereon groweth hairy dark green leaves. At the joints with the leaves 
grow many fmall blue flowers, which are fucceeded by hard, ftoney, roundifh feed. 
The root is round and woody, and liveth during the winter, fhooting forth frefh 
herbage every fpring. 
The {mall wild gromel groweth up with feveral {traight, hard, branched ftalks, two 
or three feet high, full of joints, bearing at each, fmall, long, hard, and rough leaves, 
very much like the former, but lefs. Among thefe leaves grow fmall white bloffoms, 
which are followed by greyith round feed like the firft, The root is not very larges  - 
but exceeding thready. 
The garden gromel hath many sesiiine eras woody, hairy ftalks, brown and 
crefted, with but few branches, bearing leaves like the former ; the flowers.are 
white, after which cometh rough brown hufks, containing white, hard, round feed, 
thining like pearls, and greater than either of the former. The rootis like that of ‘ 
the firft, with many branches and ftrings thereat, and of long duration. 
 Prace. The two firft grow wild in barren and untilled places. . ,.The laft is 4 
macs i in the gardens of the curious. . we * * bate 
: _ Tis, They all flower from Midfummer till September, and a feed ripeneth | 
ee and Virturs. The dominion over thefe herbs is wholly claimed 
; oH bladder ; as alfo to provoke urine, and help the ftranguarys 
aes oe al for the above purpofes, being bruifed and boiled in white 
| Two drschans of dares liquor; the powder of the feed is equally efficacious. 
Gelive eet powder taken with breaft milk, will procure a fpeedy 
ivery to women. isha ted with hard travail, and cannot be delivered. The herb 
ti (when the feed is ‘not to be had) either boil ed, ar. the juice thereof drank ® a 
Shek ahs ae Purpofes, thong. nny fo powerful i in its operation. 
_GOOSE- 
7 are of fingular force in breaking the {tone and expelling gravel, — 
