The Ufeful Family Herbal. at 
hairy, and generally of a redifh Colour. The 
Leaves ftand two at each Joint, and they are long 
and narrow; of a dufky Green, anda little rough. 
The Flowers ftand in very long Spikes at the 
_ Tops of the Stalks, and are large, and of a ftrong 
purple Colour. The Spikes are often a Foot or 
_ more in Length. The Seed is very little and 
re Length ry n 
_ The Leaves are ufed. They are a fine Balfam 
for frefh Wounds, and an Ointment is to be 
made of them boiled in Lard, which is alfo cooling 
and deterfive, but it is not of a fine green Cqlour. 
ee ‘Yerrow LoosesTRiF®é.’ 
ao¢.4XSIMACHIA LUTEA: 
A Wild Plant not uncommon in our watery 
=" Places, but for its Beauty, very worthy a 
_ Place in our Gardens. If. it were brought from 
_ America, it would be called one of the moft ele- 
gant Plants in the World. It is four Feet high, 
. the Stalks are rigid, firm, upright, and very re- 
_ gular in their Growth: A little hairy; and to- 
Ward the Tops divided into feveral Branches. The 
—- Leaves are as long as ones Finger, and an Inch ee 
ee mis half broad in the Middle, ae a oe 
-- End; they are a little hairy, and of a yellowifh = 
Green, | ie Flowers are large and of a beautiful aS 
. Yellow, they grow feveral together on the Tops — - 
Of the Branches. The Seed-Veffels are full of — 
The Root dried and given in Powder, is good 
inft the Whites, and- againft Bloody Fluxes, 
_ Overflowings of the Menfes, and Purgings; it is 
. Mtringent and balfamic. The young Leaves bound — 
-fbout a frefh Wound, ftop the Bleeding, and per- 
