162 The Ufeful Famrily Herbal. 
vents or cures Cholics. It is alfo an excellent 
Addition to the rough Purges, te prevent their 
griping in the Operation. | 
GLADWYN. 
XYRIS SIVE SPATULA FC:TIDA. 
A Wild Plant of the Iris Kind, of no great - 
_ + Beauty, but not without its Virtues. The 
Root creeps about the Surface, like that of the 
common Flower de Luce. The Leaves are a 
Foot long, narrow, and fharp-pointed, and of 2 
ftrong and very peculiar Smell. The Stalks are 
round, firm, upright, and of a bluifh Green. 
The Flowers are like thofe of the common Flower 
-de Luce, but {fmaller, and of 2 very dull Colour. 
Fhere is a little Purple in the upper Part of the 
Flower, and there are fome Veins and Streaks in 
the lower; but the reft is of a dull dead Hue, — 
between grey and brown, and they have a faint 
ard bad Smell. 
_ The Juice of the Root promotes Urine, and 
Se ee ee ee eS oe ae ae Oe ea ee a a. ee er cd 
the Mentes. The dried Root in Powder, or Infu- _ | 
fion is good againit all hyfteric Diforders, Faint- 
: args Outwardly, the frefh Root is 
to be an excellent Remedy for fcrophulous — 
Swellings ; but this we mutt take upon Truft. 
GLasswort. 
SES oe theese 
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many Parts of Europe, but not a Native of 
our - tis called Cochleated Kali, from 5 
the Form of its Seed Veffels, which are twifted in 
A Common wild Plant, on the Sea Coaits of 
Foot and a half in Height, The Stalk is round, 
thick, flefhy, and brittle. The Leaves are ex or 
