| he Ufeful Family Herbal. 243. 
; ae and the Seeds fmall, hard; and 
white. eee: | 
_ _ The Seeds are uféd fometimes in the manner of 
_ Barley, to make a Drink, which is good in Fe- 
vers, and againft Heat of Urine; it is alfo'a 
_ little Aftringent. The Grain is eaten alfo as 
_ Barley. 
Mitrx wort. 
POLYGALA: 
Common little Plaht upon our Heaths, and 
in dry Paftures, with numerous Leaves and 
blue or white Flowers, (for this is a Variety and! 
‘aufed by Accidents) difpofed in loofe Spikes. 
The Root is long, and divided into feveral Parts, 
Stalks are very numerous, and very much’ 
ched, they are flender and weak, and they 
ad themfelves ne Ground, forming a 
‘green Tuft. There is great Variety in the 
“arance of the Plant, befide what has been 
tady named in the Colour of the Flower; nor 
that indeed the only Variation there: So that 
has been divided into two or three Kinds by. 
fome Writers, but as all thefe will rife from the 
fame Seed, and only are owing to the Soil 
8nd Expofure, the Plant is without Doubt the 
2 fame in every Appearance, and its Virtues are the — 
fame in which ever State it is taken. When it 
“ows in barren Places, the Stalks are not more 
an three or four Inches in Length, and the 
ves are very numerous, fhort, and of an oval 
~The Flowers are in this Cafe fall and 
€, fometimes whitifh, ftriated with blue, and 
fometimes intirely white. When the Plant grows — 
fomewhat more favourable Soil, the Leaves 
oblong, and narrow, pointed at the Ends, and 
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