The Useful Family Herbal. ag 
Leaves are little, oblong, broad, and obtufe, and _ 
_ they ftand two at each Joint. The Flowers are 
| {mall and white, and the whole Plant has very 
- much the Afpeét-of fome Kind-of Chickweed, 
but the Seed Veflel being examined, it’appears to 
be altogether of the Flax Kind, The Root is 
{mall and thready.-*= - 3 
This little Plant is a ftrong but fafe Purge, the 
Country People boil it in Ale, and cure them- 
felves of Rheumatic Pains, and a great many 
-other- obftinate Diforders by it.. They talk of it 
as a Remedy for Dropfies. Doubtlefs it is ufeful 
tall Cafes where a {trong and brifk Purgative is 
. tequired.. 
“oF LE ABANE. 
-EON.Y ZA. 
} A Pretty wild Plant frequent about damp Places, — 
““ with whitifh Leaves and large yellow Flowers 
in Autumn. It is two Feet high. The Stalk is 
found and ereét, very firm and {trong, and is of- 
ten of a redifh Colour. The Leaves are nume- 
tous, and ftand irregularly; they are above an 
Inch long, moderately broad, of a rough Sur- 
_ face; and whitith Green. ‘Ihe Flowers ftand at’ 
the Top-of the Branches; they. are broader-than’ — 
_ @Shilling, yellow, and compofed of many nar- 
a Ress The whole Plant has a difagreeable 
mell. : . , wets 
_ tis difputed whether this Kind of Fleabane, 
_ &F another which is fmaller, and has globous 
Flowers, have the greater Virtue, but moft give 
— ltfor this, The Juice of the whole Plant cures 
the Itch, applied externally ; and the very Smell. 
of the Herb is faid'to deftroy Fleas. as 
