= ge ey eee 
* 
— Lhe Ufeful Family Hvlad, I 5t 
Decoétion cures the Bloody Flux, and is good a- 
gainft the Overflowing of the Menies. : 
FLOWER GENTLE. 
' AMARANTHUS. 3 
A Garden Flower. There are many Kinds of it ; 
™ but that ufed in Medicine, is the large one 
with the drooping purple Spike. It grows to four 
_ Feet high. The Stalk is frm, round, and chan- 
nelled, green fometimes, but often red, The 
Leaves are oblong and broad, even at the Edges, 
and pointed at the Ends: They are very large, 
and are often tinged with red. The Flowers are 
purple, and they grow in long beautiful Spikes 
hanging downwards. 3 
The Flowers are the Part ufed. They are to be 
gathered when not quite full blown, and dried. 
They are good again{t Purging and Overflowing 
of the Menfes, in Powder or Decoction. 
Frower pe Luce. 
saree! pete & as 
~ A Common Flower in our Gardens. The Plant 
™ grows three Feet high. The Leaves are a 
Foot and a half long, narrow, flat, and ‘in all 
_ Refpeéts like the Leaves of Flags, and of a blu- 
ith Green. The Stalks are round, or a little flat- 
ted, thick, firm, upright, and of a greener Co- 
dour. The Flowers are large, and of a deep Blue, - 
The Root fpreads about the Surface and is thick, 
= and of a brownifh Colour, and marked with _ 
a “The Juice of the frefh Roots of this Plant 
- lometimes alfo vomit ; but that is not hurtfu et 
_ 48 a Cure for Dropfies.. Gordon, an ol 
bruifed with White Wine, is a ftrong Purge, it will _ 
