The Ufeful Family Herbal. x73 
The whole Plant is to be ufed dried. It is an 
excellent Agringent. . It &ops-the Overflowings of 
the Menfes, and the Whites, and is good againft — 
Bloody Fluxes and Purgings of all kinds. The 
‘beft Way of taking it is in a ftrong Decoétion, 
‘which muft be continued fome Time. | 
Harrs TONGUE, 
PHYLLITIS. LINGUA CERVINA, 
‘A Wild Plant of the Fern Kind, that is con- 
~~ fitting only of Leaves without a Stalk, the 
& Flowers and Seeds being borne on the Backs of 
them. But it has no Refemblance to the ordi- 
Mary Ferns in its Afpecét. Each Leaf of Harts 
- Tongue is a feparate Plant, but there rife many 
from the fame Root. The Foot-Stalk is five Inches 
Jong, the Leaf an Inch and a quarter broad, 
largeft at the Bottom, and fmaller to the Top, 
ufually fimple, but fometimes divided into two 
Or more Parts at the End. It is of a beautiful 
Green at the upper Side, fomewhat paler under- 
_Aeath, and the Foot-Stalk runs all along its Mid- 
dle in Form of a very large Rib. The Seed Vef- 
els are difpofed in long brown Streaks on each 
Side of this Rib, on the under Part of the Leaf, 
and they are more confpicuous than in moft of 
the Fern kind. - The Plant grows in old Wells, 
and in dark Ditches, and is green all the Year. 
| tis not much ufed, but deferves to be more 
_ “town. — Tt is an excellent Aftringent, the Juice 
of the Plant, taken in fmall Quantities, and for a 
‘Ontinuance of Time, opens Obftructions of the 
iver and Spleen, and will cure many of the moft 
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obftinate. chronic Diftempers. 
‘Harr- 
