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Colour, and placed irregularly ; the Flowers are 
fmall and white: When they are fallen off, the 
Cups remain, and contain thefe fhining, and = 
it were ftony Seeds.. The Plant is frequent about 
Hedges. RT 3 % 
The Seeds are the only Part ufed; they work 
powerfully by Urine, and are of great Service in 
the Gravel and all other Obftructions, they are 
beft given in Powder, with a great deal of Barley 
Water at the fame Time. 
GROUND-PINE. 
CHAMPITYS. 
: Avery fingular little wild Plant, of a moffy Ap- 
pearance, and refinous Smell: It grows four 
Inches high, the Stalks are hairy, and feldom 
ftand upright, the Leaves are very clofe fet, 
and the young Shoots which grow from their 
Bofoms perfectly obfcure the Stalk; it feems a 
thick round Tuft. Thefe Leaves are fhort, nar- 
tow, and divided into three Parts at their Ends, 
and they ftand two at every Joint of the Stalk, 
they are rough and hairy like the Stalk. _ The. 
Flowers are little and yellow, and they ftand at 
the Joints. ; en oe 
The whole Plant is ufed, and it has great Vir- 
tue ; it is to be ufed dry in Powder or Infufion.. 
It works ftrongly by Urine, and promotes the 
Menfes. It opens alfo all Obftructions of the 
Liver and Spleen, and is good in Jaundice, the: 
Rheumatif, and moft of the chronic Diforders,.. 
GRoUNDSEL 
