84 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
CLEAVERS. 
APARINE. e 
‘Wild Herb commen in all our Hedges, and 
“ known by fticking to Peoples Cloaths as pr 4 
touch it. The Stalks are fquare and very rough, 
two Feet long, but weak and unable to ee “a 
themfelves, they climb among Buthes. The | 
Leaves are long and narrow, and of a pale Green, 
the grow feveral at every Joint, encompaffing the — 
alk in the Manner of the Rowel of a aut! 
They aret in the fame Manner with the 
Stalk, and flick to every Thing they touch. The — 
_ Flowers are fmall and white; the Seeds grow 
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two together, and are roundifh and rough like a 
the reft of the Plant ; the Root is fibrous. me 
The Juice of the frefh Herb is ufed, it cools 
the Body, and ‘operates by Urine ; it is good a 
gainft the Scurvy, and all other outward Difor 
ders. Some pretend it will cure the Evil, but 
‘The Crove BarK-TrRer. 
_ €ASSIA CARYOPHYLLATA. 
