150 Lhe Ufeful Family Herbal, 
FLEAWORT. | | 
PSYLLEIUM, 2 
AN Herb of no great Beauty, Native of France, 
but kept in Gardens here. It has narrow 
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Leaves, and inconfiderable Flowers. It is a Foot j 
high. The Stalks are weak, greenith, and alittle 
hairy. The Leaves ftand two or more at every 
Joint, for that is uncertain ; they are long, very 
narrow, and alfo fomewhat hairy: There rife 
from the Bofoms of thefe Leaves, long naked © 
Stalks, on which ftand aKind of Spikes of little 
Flowers, fomewhat like the Spikes of Plantain, * 
only fhorter; two Seeds fucceed each Flower, and 7 
they are {mooth, blackifh, and of the Shape of =~ 
_ Fleas, whence the Name. There are many Flow- 
ers in each Head, A Mucilage is made of the 
Seeds to cool the Throat in Fevers. ee 
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+, SOPHIA CHIRURGORUM.. ». 
A Pretty wild Plant, about our wafte Places 4 
~. and Farm Yards, confpicuous for its Leaves; 
if not much fo for its Flower. It grows two Feet 
high; and the Stalk is. round, erect, very firm, 
and ftrong, and not much branched. The Leaves ee 
_ are moderately large, and moft beautifully divid- 
= Sree imal] Segments, long and oy 
_ Tow, they ftand irregularly upon the Stalks. | 
=< _ Blowers are fmall and yellow, ‘they ftand ina kind 
_ of Spikes at the Tops of the Stalks. ‘They are 
__ sollowed by fhort Pods. The whole Plant is of 
ene Seeds are the Part ufed: ‘They are to be: 
___ gollected when juft ripe, and boiled whole. ‘The 
~ Decoétion. 
