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the End, -where they are divided into three round- 
ed Parts. The’ Flowers are very {mall: They 
grow in Clufters at the Joints, and are of a green- 
_ ith Colour. The Seed is fmalland round. The _ 
— Root is fibrous. “2 3 
| The whole Plant is ufed; and it is beft freth, 
_ An Infufion of it is very powerful againft the 
« Gravel. It operates violently, but fafely, by 
Urine, and it opens Obftruétions of the Liver ; 
whence it is good alfo in the Jaundice. There is 
_ an Opinion in many Places, of its having a Power 
_ of diffolving the Stone in the Bladder, but this is © 
idle: There is, however, a great deal of good ta 
_ be done in nephritic Cafes, by Medicines which — 
~ have not this Power. : 3 
- . Macrepontan PArsty. 3 
PETROSELINUM MACEDONICUM. 
A Plant kept in fome of our Gardens. It is 
“* two Feet high. The Stalk is flender, branch- 
ed, and hairy. The Leaves are compofed of 
many Parts, and thofe are fmall and rounded : 
_Thofe on the upper Part of the Stalk, are more 
finely divided. The Flowers are {mall and white 
like thofe of common Parfly; and they ftand like 
them, in Clufters on the Tops of the Stalks. 
The Seeds are fmall, fomewhat hoary, and of a 
dufky Colour. = 5% : 
__ The Seed is ufed; and it it beft given in Pow- — 
der. It operates powerfully by Urine, and it is 
good againft Stoppages of the Menfes, and in the 
Gravel and Cholics, arifing from that Caufe. It 
es againft the Dropfy and Jaun- 
