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the common Ufe in Coughs and Hoarfeneffes, 
it is the leaft efteemed of AL ; — 
There is another Plant, called by tle Name of | 
Maidenhair, which is yet to be defcribed, it makes — 
one of what are commonly called the five Ca- 
pellary Herbs, but itis fo diftinct from the others, 
that it is beft kept feparate. They are all Kinds — 
of Fern: This is a fort of Mofs. 
GoLDEN MAIDENHAIR: ~ 
ADIANTUM AUREUM. 
A Little upright Plant, but confidered as a Mofsy 
one of the largeft of the Kind. It grows 
four or five Inches high, when in Perfection. 
The lower Part of the Stalk is covered for an 
Inch or more, with thick, fhort, narrow Leaves, 
_ fharp at the Point, and of a dufky green Colour: 
 Thefe ftand in fuch Clufters, that they quite hide. 
_ the Stalk ; from the Top of thefe rife the Pedicles, 
_ fupporting the Heads: They are naked three or. 
_ four Inches high, flender, and of a brownith, 
redifh, or blackifh Colour: The Head upon the 
Summit of thefe is fingle, fquare, and is covered. 
With a woolly Cap, of the Figure of an Extin- 
guifher, which falls off when the Head is intirely 
ripe: This Head is full of a fine Duf. © 
The Plant is frequent in boggy Places, and is — 
to be ufed intire. Some talk of its being good 
in Coughs, but the more frequent. Ufe of it is 
externally. They boil it'in Water, and wafh the 
Head with it, to make the Hair grow thick. 
