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VIRGA AUREA.. | 
_ A Very pretty wild Plant, with Tufts of yellow 
~~” Flowers, frequent on our Heaths in Au- 
tumn. It is two Feet high. The Stalk is firm, 
erect, round, and hairy. The Leaves are 
long, broadeft in the Middle, indented at the 
Edges, rough on the Surface, hairy, and of a 
ftrong green Colour. The Flowers are fmall, 
and of a bright Yellow, but they grow together 
in a fort of thick and fhort Spikes, fo that they 
are very confpicuous.. The Root is long, brown, 
and of an auftere Tafte, as is alfo the whole 
Plant. | | 
The Root taken up in Spring and dried, is an 
. €xcellent Medicine given in Powder for Purgings, 
and for Overflowing of the Menfes, bloody Stools, 
or any other Hemorrhage whatfoever. The whole 
_ Plant has been at all Times famous, as a vulne- 
tary or wound Herb, given in Decottions. 
GoLtpd oF PEEASURE. 
eee MYAGRUM. are, 
~ A Very pretty Plant comnmion in many Parts of 
~~ England, and known at Sight by the vait 
Quantity of Seed Veffels. It is two Feet high: 
The Stalk is round, thick, firm, upright, and 
toward the Top has a great many Branches, all 
ing upright. The Leaves ftand irregularly, 
not numerous, they are long, not very 
_ ‘Broad, and of a pale Green; they are indented a- 
a bour the Edges, and furround the Stalk at the. — 
_ Bafe, the Flowers are little and white, the Seed 
Se eee 
