254 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
MoTHERWORT. 
CARDIACA. 
A Tall and not unhandfome wild Plant. It 
grows wild about Farm-yards, and in dry 
Plates. It is a yard high, the Stalk is fquare, 
thick, upright, and firm. The Leaves ftand on 
long Foot-Stalks, two at each Joint. They aré 
divided into three Parts, the Middle one ‘being 
the longeft, and are deeply indented at the Edges; 
of a dark gteen Colour, and bad Smell. The 
Flowers are of a pale Red: They grow in a Kind 
of prickly Cups, from the Befoms of the Leaves, 
_ furrounding the Stalks. The Root creeps, and 
is whitith, Se sean ee “Pe: | 
The whole Plant may be ufed dried, but the 
Tops frefh cut are beft ; they are to be given in 
a ftrong Infufion or Decottion. It is good againft 
hyiteric Complaints, and it promotes the Menfes.. 
It is famous for curing the Palpitation of the Heart, 
when that arifes from an hyfteric Caufe: For there 
are Palpitations, which nothing can cure. 
Mousrear. 
PILOSELLA. . 
AN exceeding pretty littl Plant, with whitiffy 
'™ Leaves, and ee yellow Flowers, fre- 
quent on our Ditch-Banks. The Leaves grow in — 
little Clufters, and are longith and broad, of a 
dark Green on the upper Side, but white under- 
neath, and fo much of the under Part is ufu- 
ally feen, that the whole looks whitifh. The Stalks | 
trail upon the Ground, and take Root at every 
Joint : The Leaves have long Hairs upon them. 
The Stalks which fupport the Flowers rife fingle. 
They are hairy, they have no Leaves, and = 
