The Ufeful Family Herbal; 261 — 
(Co Leeda iS : io sas 
NARDUS-CELTICA, 
A Little Plant of the Valerian Kind, frequent in 
~~ many Parts of Europe, but not a Native of 
England. It is fix or eight Inches in Height, the 
Stalks are round, ftriated, and greenifh: The Leaves 
the Bottom, are oblong, narrow at the Bafe, and 
founded at the End, and of a yellowifh green Co- 
lour. Thofe on the Stalks ftand in Pairs, they - 
are {mall and deeply cut; the Flowers ftand in a 
little Clufter at the Top of the Stalk; they are 
fmall and white, the Root is long, flender, and 
creeping. 
__ The Root is the Part ufed, our Druggifts keep 
itdry. It is beft taken in Infufion. It operates 
_by Urine, and in fome Degree by Sweat, but that 
very moderately, it is commended in Fevers and 
in the Jaundice, Sek se ay me 
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A Plant too common to need much Defcription.. 
It is three Feet high, the Stalks are angu- — 
lated and rough ; the Leaves are large, and of a 
beautiful Shape, regularly from a broad Bafe 
diminifhing to a fharp Point, and nicely ferrated 
Tound the Edges; the Colour of thefe and of the 
Stalks, is a dufky Green, and they are both co- 
vered with a Kind of Prickles, which eafily make 
their Way into the Skin, and have at their Bafe, 
a hollow Bag of fharp Juice, which gets into the 
Wound, occafioning that Swelling in Inflamma- 
tion and Pain that follows. The naked Fye may = 
diftinguith thefe Bags atthe Bottomof the Prickles 
On the Stalk of a full grown Nettle, but aMi-= 
crofcope fhews them over. The dase ee 
