222 The Ufeful Family Herbal, 
Places in England, upon Walls and in very dry 
Places, but with us it is not common. L 
It is two Feet high, the Leaves are large 
and oblong, they grow half a Dozen or.therea- 
bout immediately from the Root, and have thick 
Foot-Stalks, they are oblong, broad, of a deep 
and often a purplifh Colour, and are extremely — 
hairy, the Hairs being long, white, and fet fo 
thick, that they give it an Afpect of Woollinefs. 
The Stalk is round, flender, tolerably firm, up-— 
_ right, of a purplith Colour, and alfo hairy: The 
_ Leaves onit are fmaller than thofe from the Root, 
but like them in Shape, and they are in the fame 
Manner very hairy. The Flowers are not very 
= hie eee ee are of a ee 7 
_ they have the more fingular Afpect, as the Plant — 
has fo much Whitenefs. The ae are winged — 
with a white Downs pt 
The young Leaves rifing from the Root, are 
the Part ufed. They are of the fame Nature wit 
thofe of Coltsfoot, but they poffefs their Virtues 
_ in a much greater Degree. In many other Partsof 
Be where the Plant is more common it is 
ae 
nptions: It is beft given. in Form of a ftrong 
Infufion; and I hast’ lest it tried eee 
more Succefs than could be expeéted from fo — 
fimple a Remedy, in Cafes of fuch Confequence. 
: Itis fearce wild, but it is eafily propagated in 
Gardens. Let but one Plant of it ripen its Seeds 
_ and leave them to the Chance of the Winds, and 
~ ats ~ 
aa never be 
Purpo 
otis 
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without a fufficient Supply of i 
edicine in Difeafes of the Lungs, 2 
and the firft Stages of Con- 
