158 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
OG. 
The GALANGAL PLANT. 
GALANGA. 
A Wild Plant in the Eaft, which grows by Wa- 
~*~ ters, and has fome Refemblance of the Gene- 
rality of our Water Plants in its Leaves,- and _ 
Manner of Growth. It is two Feet and a half 
high, and has white Flowers. The Roots fpread 
about the Surface, and are of an irregular Shape. 
The Leaves are a Foot long, not half an Inch 
broad, fharp at the Point, and at the Edges. 
The Stalk is firm, thick, round, and of a purplifh 
Green, the Flowers are fmall, and of a Snow 
White; they confift of a larger upper Lip, anda 
fmaller tender one, each divided into three Parts. 
The Seed Veffels are oblong, and have each three 
Divifions, containing many Seeds. The Roots 
have a very acrid Tafte, and are redifh: As we 
have two Sorts of Galangal Roots at the Drug- 
gifts, it might be expected there fhould be found 
two Galangal Plants, but they are both the Roots 
~ of the fame. ieee 
The leffer Galangal is moft ufed: It is a 
- Warm and fine Stomachic, we put it in all bitter 
Tinétures. Head-achs which arife from Diforders 
in the Stomach, are greatly reliéved by this Root. _ 
What is called Enghjh Galangal, is the Root of 
the Long Cyperus, defcribed already in its Place. 
Geeio > 
“ALLIUM. — 
Plant kept in our Gardens for its ufes in Me- 
"~ dicine, and in the Kitchen. Tt grows two > 
Feet and a half high, The Leaves are broad, 
lone. 
