2560 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
_ compofed as it were of feveral Pairs of {mall ones, 
or rather is a whole and fingle Leaf divided deeply, 
fo as to refemble a Number of fmaller; thefe are 
rounded and hollowed, and thence came its Name 
of Moonwort; from the Bafe of this Leaf, the 
the Stalk is continued up an Inch or two, and 
then rife the Clufters of Flowers and Seeds, thefe 
are very fmall, and like Duft, and of a brown 
Colour. The Leaves of Moonwort dried and 
iven in Powder, {top Purgings, and the Over- 
wings of the Menfes. The frefh Plant bruifed 
and laid to a Cut, ftops the Bleeding, and heals 
jt in a Day or two, 
~ Harry Tree Moss, 
aes USNEA,. “ : 
Avey fingular Plant, of the Mofs Kind, fre- 
~ quent in our large Forefts, but rare elfewhere 
it grows to the Branches of old Oaks and Bufhes, 
and hangs down from them in long Strings. The 
Tufts of it are often a Foot long, and in the 
whole two or three Inches thick, they are com- 
= of a great Quantity of Stalks and Branches, 
__ ‘the largeft not bigger than a large Packthreads _ 
‘thefe are of a grey Colour, and are compofed of 
a foft Bark, and a firm white Fibre within, this 
Bark is often cracked, and the Branches appear 
jointed, the {mall Fibres of the Plant refemble _ 
Hairs: On the larger grow at‘certain Seafons, little 
hollow brown Bodies, Thefe contain the See 
The whole Plant is dry, and faplefs as it grows, 
| ae oe the Heal 7 spearance of Leaves upon — 
