The Ufeful Family Herbak 
Enciisn MaipEnHarR. 
TRICHOMANES. 
Maidenhair, and frequently ufed in its 
Place; but this is-very wrong, for its Virtues are ~ 
no greater, and it is unpleafant. It grows 
eight Inches, and each Leaf, as in the reft of the 
Fern kind, is an intire Plant. This Leaf con- 
fifts of a vaft Number of fmall ones, fet on each 
Side a middle Rib, and they are very fhort and 
obtufe, of a roundifh, but fomewhat oblong Fi- 
gure. The Stalk is flender, black, and fhining, 
and the little Leaves are of a bright and ftrong 
green Colour. The Seeds are lodged as in the 
teft, in form of a brown Duft, on the under 
Part of thefe JLeaves. | Bren oe 
The Plant grows frequently on the Sides of old — 
Wells, and on damp Walls, and it is ufed intire. 
A Syrup, made from an Infufion of it, is the beft 
 fhift we could. make, for the true French Capil- 
 laire; but that is. fo-eafy to be had, that no fuch 
 thift is neceffary: An Infufion of the dry Plant — 
_ fay alfo be ufed. 
Waite MAipENHAIR. oe - : se 3 Z se, 
A Very little Plant of the Fern Kind, and of the 
** Nature of the two others juft defcribed. 
Some will be furprized at the calling it a very 
‘in Covent-Garden, under that Name; but this is 
Under this Name. The real white Maidenh: 
38 not above two Inches high. The Stalk 
‘little Plant, having {een Leaves a Footlong, fold 
an Impofition: They fell a Kind of Water Fern 2 2 
