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. follow. every. Flower. - 
180 The Ujeful Family Herbal. 
in curing them, »has received the. Name of Hone- 
wort, that is/Hone Herb. + Dew 
The Root. is long and white, thefe rife. fromzit 
early-in the Spring, half a.dozen or more Leaves 
which lie: fpread upon the Ground, in. an elegant 
Manner, and are all that is generally obferved of 
the Plant. - The Stalks donot rife till the End 
of Summer, and thefe Leaves decay-by that times 
fo that they are not-known-to belong to it. Thele 
Leaves are eight Inches long, and an Inch anda 
half in Breadth: They are compofed each of a 
double Row of fmaller Leaves; fet on 4 common 
Rib, with an_odd Leaf at the. End; thefe are 
oblong, tolerably broad, and indented in a beau- 
tiful Manner. . ‘They are of :a frefh green Colour, 
they are. the Part of the Plant moft feen,° and the 
Part to be -ufed, and they are not eafily confound 
ed:-with ;thofe,of-any other Plant, for there is 
fcarce any that has what are nearly fo handfome. 
The Stalk is-two Feet high,‘ round, hollow, nape 
right; -but not.very firm and branched*toward 
_ the Top. The-Leaves on it are fomewhat like 
xe Root, but they’ have not the Sin- 
gularity. of thofe beautiful and numerous {mall 
oness the Flowers are ‘little and white, and the 
Seeds are fmall, flattith, ftriatéd, and-two of them: 
~ The Leaves are to be ufe 
gathered and beat in a marble Mortar into a ki : 
of Pafte. They are to be laid on a Swelling that 1s 
pplication mult 
