66 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
immediately from the Root, with feveral fim: 
Leaves round about it. Iris the Head of a Thiftle; 
and the flowery Part is white on the Edge, and 
yellow in the Middle. The Root is long, and of 
a brown Colour on the Outfide, and reddith with- 
in; it is of a warm aromatic Tafte. meee 
This is the only Part of the Plant ufed in Me- | 
dicine. They fay it is a Remedy forthe Plague 
But however that may be, it is good in nervous 
Complaints, and in Stoppages of the Menfes. — 
The Caraway Prant. 
pest A ACR Ag My. 
A Wild Plant of the umbelliferous Kind, fre 
““~ quent in moft Parts of Ezrope, but cultivated 
in Germany for the Sake of the Seed. ‘I Rave met 
with it very common in Lincolafbire. oe 
It grows to a Yard high; the Stalks are ftriatet 
_and firm; the Leaves are finely divided, and tt 
Flowers are white and {mall, they grow in wu 
or Umbels, on the Tops of the Branches ; the 
Seeds that follow them are very well known. 
The Seeds are excellent in the Cholic, and 
Diforders of the Stomach, they are beft chewed: 
‘ Witp Carotr. ~ 
DAUCUS SYLVESTRIS. 
_ A Common Plant about our Hedges, 
at the To 
