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Flowers, as they are called, fmall, roundifh, and 
refembling the Heads of little Mufhrooms. 
The whole Plant is ufed, and it is beft green 
and frefh gathered. It is to be given in a itrong 
Decoction. It opens Obitructions of the Liver, 
and works by Urine. It is good againit the Jaun- 
dice, and is an excellent Medicine in the firft 
- Stages of Confumptions.. It is not nearly fo 
much regarded as it ought to be. It is alfo ufed 
externally for Foulnefs of the Skin. : 
™ Grey Grounp LIVERWORT. 
LICHEN CINEREUS TERRESTRIS. 
APiant very common by our dry Wood-fides, 
and in Paftures, in fome Degree refembling 
the laft:defcribed, but differing in Colour, and 
in its Fructification. This confifts alfo intirely 
of Leaves ; they are of a bluifh grey Colour, on 
the Outfide, and of a whitifh Grey underneath. 
__ They are two Inches long, and an Inch and a half 
broad; and grow in Clufters together, often they 
. are lefs diftinct, and therefore appear larger. Thefe 
do not fend up any Stalks, to bear a kind of 
Flowers in Heads. The Tips of the Leaves 
turn up, and are redifh, and in thefe Parts are con- - 
tained the Seeds. The whole Plant feems dry and — 
_ The whole Plant is ufed, and it has been of 
late very famous. Its Efficacy is againft the Bite — 
_ of a.mad Dog; it is mixed with Pepper, and the 
_ Perfon is at the fame Time to bathe in the Sea. 
_ There have been Inftances of its Succefs, when 
Siven to Dogs, but perhaps no Cure was ever 
ormed upon a human Creature, when this 
_ terrible Difeafe had arifen to any Height. Bleeding 
and Opium are the prefent Practice. Pes 3 
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