226 The U/eful Family Herbal. 
as inthe others. The Leaves are divided into ¢ 
great many fmall Parts, and at firft Sight, they 
have fome Refemblance of the Leaves of Rue. 
The Seeds are contained in brown Lumps, be- 
hind the Leaves, covering the greateft Part of 
the Surface. 
This is not uncommon in old Walls: It has 
the fame Virtues with the others againft Coughs, 
and a Decottion of it is alfo ftrongly diuretic, — 
and good againft the Gravel, and all Stoppages 
of Urine. 
Brack MAIDENHAIR. 
ADIANTUM NIGRUM. 
“fA Nother of the fmall Plants of the Ferm — 
#~* Kind, and more of the fhape and form of 
the common Ferns, than any yet defcribed. It 18 
like the common Fern, of the divided kind, only 
very finall. It grows to eight or ten Inches hig 
The Stalks are thick, black, and gloffy. he 
Leaves are very beautifully divided into a great 
ee ‘Many Parts: Thefe are thort, of a dark fhining 
Ss ree > and deeply notched at the Edges, 
they terminate in a fharp Point, not blunt 4s 
{ome of thofe already mentioned. The Seeds lie 
on the Edges of the under Part of the Leaves, 
in form of a brown Duft. It is not uacommon — 
by Wood Sides, andin fhady Lanes. = 
~ A Decottion of it works powerfully by Urine, 
and it has the fame Virtue with the reft in the 
| — Coughs: = >>: . = 4 
Of thefe four, for flefs the fame Vil- 
ues, the Preference is Sionen the firft deferibed, 
or true Kind; next to the Englifo Maidenhairs 
and in Defect of both thefe, to the black Kind. eae! 
_ The white Maidenhair is preferred to any, ie 
__ the Gravel, and in Suppreffion-of Urine; but ae 
