298 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
PeLLITORY oF THE WALL. 
PARIETARIA. 
A Wild Plant frequent on old Walls, with weak 
Branches, and pale green Leaves. It grows 
a Foot high, but feldom altogether erect. The 
Stalks are round, tender, a little hairy, jointed, 
and often purplifh. The Leaves ftand irregular- 
ly on them, and are an Inch long, broad in the 
Middle, and fmaller at each End. The Flowers 
ftand clofe upon the Stalks, and are fmall andin- _ 
 €onfiderable, of a whitifh green Colour when open, 
but redifh in the Bud. ; | . 
The whole Plant is ufed, and it is beft frefh. — 
Ain Infufion of it works well by Urine. It is ve- 
ty ferviceable in the Jaundice, and is often found — 
‘a prefent Remedy in Fits of the Gravel, the Infu- 
fion being taken largely. a 
PELLITORY OF SPAIN. 
Ss PYRETHRUM. 
A Very pretty little Plant kept in our Gardens. 
~ It is eight Inches high. The Stalk is round 
and thick, The Leaves are very finely divided, — 
fo that they refemble thofe of the Gamomile, but 
they are of a pale Green, thick, and flefhy, and 
the Stalk is purple. The Flowers ftand at the — 
_ Tops of the Branches, and are very pretty: 
' They are of the Shape and Size of the Great 
Daify or Ox-Eye, white at the Edges, yellow in 
= = Middle, ba Boot the Back or Underfide. _ 
Root is long, an , i a ver 
a g fomewhat thick, of avery — 
The Root is ufed: We have it at the Druggitts. 
‘Its great Acridnefs fills the Mouth with Rheum on 
chewing, and it is good againft the Soon 3 
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