The Ufeful Family Herbal. 105 
SCIATICA Cress. 
IBERIS. 
A Pretty wild Plant, but not frequent in afl 
~ Parts of the Kingdom. It is a Foot high. 
The Stalk is round, firm, and upright, of a pale 
green Colour. The Leaves are fmall, longifh, and 
of a pale Green alfo, and the Flowers ftand at the 
-Tops of the Branches, into which the Stalk di- 
vides in its upper Part, they are white and little. 
The Leaves that grow immediately from the Root, 
are four Inches long, narrow, and ferrated about 
the Edges, and ofadeep Green, ee: 
The Leaves are ufed, they are recommended 
greatly in the Sciatica or Hip-Gout; they are to 
be applied externally, and repeated as they grow 
dry. The beft Way is to beat them with a little 
Lard. It is an approved Remedy, and it is 
ftrange that it is not more in Ufe. sags 
_ Warr Cresses, on Swines CRESSEsS. 
--  CORONOPUS RUELLIL 
A Little wild Plant very common about our 
~ Fields and Gardens. It fpreads upon the 
Ground. The Stalks are five or fix Inches long, — 
firm, and thick, but ufually flat on the Earth, very 
much branched, and full of Leaves. The Leaves 
that rife immediately from the Root, are long and 
deeply divided, and thofé on the Stalks refemble 
_ them, only they are fmaller: They are of a deep 
 gloffy green Colour, and not at all hairy. The © 
Flowers are fmall and white, they ftand at the — 
‘Tops of the Branches and among the Leaves, the 
_Seed-Veffels are fmall and rough. 
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