The Ujeful Family Herbal, +03 
CRANESBILLE. 
GERANIUM ROBERTIANUM. 
CRranefbil i is a little Herb very frequent under 
Hedges, and in uncultivated Places: there are 
many kinds of it, but that which has moft Vir- 
tue, is the kind called- Herb Robert, this is a 
pretty and regularly growing Plant. The Stalks 
are a Foot long, but they feldom ftand quite up- 
right, they are round, branched, and jointed, and 
are often red, as is frequently the whole Plant: 
‘ The Leaves are large, and divided into a great 
Number of Parts, and they ftand upon long Foot- 
Stalks, two at every Joint. The F lowers are 
| moderately Jarge, and of a bright Red, they are 
very confpicuous and pretty, the Fruit that fol- 
“lows is long and flender, and has fome Refem- 
blance of the dong Beal of a Bird, whence the 
Name. : 
tte whole Dieta, to be | athe race aad 
all, and dried for Ufe; it is a moft excellent Af- 
tringent: Scarce any Plant is equal to it. It 
_ may be given dried and powdered, or in Decoc- 
tion. It {tops Overflowings of the Menfes, bloody 
Stools, and all other Bleedings. 
| ‘Itis to be obferved that Nature feems to have 
fet her Stamp upon feveral Herbs which have the 
Virtue to ftop Bleedings; this and the Tufan. 
The two beft Remedies the Fields afford for out- 
“ward and inward Bleedings, become all over as 
red as Blood at a certain Seafon, | 
