262 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
the Nettle are yellowifh, little, andinconfiderable, 
the Seeds are fmall, and round, the Root is long 
and creeping. : 
The Juice of the Nettle is good againft Over- 
. flowings of the Menfes. The Root is to be given 
in Infufion, and it works powerfully by Urine, 
and is excellent againft the Jaundice. 
"The RoMAN NETTLE. 
>... URTICA ROMANA. 
A Wild Plant of the Nettle Kind, but not com- 
-—- mon. It is two Feet high, the Stalks are 
round, and of a deep green Colour. The Leaves — 
are large, and of a deep green alfo; broad at 
the Bafe, narrow tothe Point, and deeply ferrated. 
The Flowers are fmall, and inconfiderable, the 
Fruit is a round ball, as big as a large Pea, it 
ftands on a long Foot-Stalk, and is of a deep 
green Colour, and full of {mall brown Seeds. 
All the Plant is covered with the fame Sort of 
Prickles as the common Nettle, but they are 
“Shorter and finer, they are filvery white at the © 
Tips, and have the fame Bag of Liquor at the 
Bafe, and they fting very terribly ; more a great 
deal than the common Nettle. 
The Seeds are the Part ufed, they are pee a 
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gainft Coughs, Shortnefs of Breath, and 
neffes, the Seeds of the Common Nettle are com- 
mended for this Purpofe, but thefe are greatly ° 
: referable. ‘The beft lay of givi ‘them is in 
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