220 ©The Ufeful Family Herbal, 
- LovaGeE. 
LEVISTICUM. 
A Tall Plant of the umbelliferous kind, kept im 
our Gardens for its Ufe in Medicine. The 
Stalk is round, thick, hollow, and deeply. ftri- 
ated or channelled. The Leaves are very large, © 
and they are each compofed of a Number of 
{maller ; thefe are fet on a divided Stalk,. and are 
fhort, broad, and indented at the Edges. The 
Flowers are {mall and yellow, the Seed is ftriated, 
the Root is brown, thick, and divided, and the 
Fibres from it are numerous; it is of a hot 
aromatic Tatte. ie . ip 
The Roots frefh dug work by Urine, and are 
good againft the Jaundice. The Seeds have 
the fame Effect alfo, and they difpel Wind. The 
dried Root is a Sudorific, and is good in Fevers. - 
TREE LunGworvT. 
- MUSCUS PULMONARIUS. 
= A Broad and large Kind of Mofs, in Form 
_ tomewhat refembling the green and grey 
Liverwort, but bigger than either. It grows on 
the Barks of old Oaks, and Beech Trees, ae 1s 
not common. It is principally found in large 
“Woods. Each Leaf, - fe 85 Plant, is eight 
__ orten Inches long, aid alana as much in Breaat 
of a yellowifh Colour, and of a Subftance re 
- bling Leather: Itis divided deeply at the Edge 
and is rough, and full of high Veins on the Sul 
face. At the Seafon of flowerin there alfo ap- 
pear certain {mall red Heads, mei in the 
Seeds for a new Succeffion of Plants. eae 
This Plant is not fo much known as it deferves 
! = ee It is an excellent Aftri ingent, ae ne 3 
