aia a” io 
Fit tal’ 
_ JAN Indian Plant which bears two kinds of Stalks, 
~~ one for the Leaves, and the other for the 
Flowers and Seeds; thefe both rife from the fan 
The Ufeful Family Herbal. 97 
and.Jarger at the End, and they aré deeply cut 
in at the Sides. The Flowers are as broad as a 
half Crown, and of a very beautiful Yellow; — 
they have a Clufter of Threads in the Middle. — 
The Root is fibrous. | : 
The Flowers frefh gathered and juft opened, - 
contain the aac Virtue. They are good a- 
gainft all Obftructions, and work by Urine. An 
Infufion of them given in the Quantity of half a 
Pint warm three Times a Day, has been known 
to cure a Jaundice, without any other Medicine ; 
the dried Herb has the fame Virtue but in a lefs 
Degree. 
CosTMARY, 
COSTUS HORTORUM. 
A Garden Plant kept more for its Virtues than 
its Beauty, but at prefent neglected. It grows 
a Foot and half high, and has Clufters of naked 
yellow Flowers like Tanfy. The Stalks are firm, 
thick, green, and upright; the Leaves are oblong, 
Harrow of a pale Green, and beautifully ferrated, 
the Flowers confift only of deep yellow Threads. 
__ It was once greatly efteemed for ftrengthening 
the Stomach, and curing Head-achs, and for o- 
pening Obftructions of the Liver and Spleen, but 
3 More feems to have been faid of it than it de- — 
ag The Costus Pian tes: 
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