284 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
Shape, or between that and Wheat, only much 
fmaller than either. : 
The Seed or Grain is the Part ufed, it is fup- 
pofed to be ftrengthening and in fome Degree af- 
tringent, but we know very little of its Qualities, 
nor are they confiderable enough to encourage us 
to inquire after them. 
PIMPERNEL. 
SANAGALIAS FLOR E“RU BRO: 
A Fretty little Plant common in Corn Fields and 
_ Garden Borders. The Stalks are fquare, 
fmooth, green, but not very ypright: They are 
five or fix Inches long. The Leaves ftand two 
at each Joint, and they are of an oblong Figure, 
confiderably broad in the Middle, and pointed at 
the End. The Flowers ftand fingly on long flender 
Foot-Stalks, they are fmall, but of a moft bright 
fcarlet Colour. 
The whole Plant is ufed, and the beft Method 
__ of giving it, is in an Infufion, made by pouring 
boiling Water upon it frefh gathered: This is an 
xcellent Drink in Fevers; it promotes Sweat, and 
rows out the Small Pox, Meafles, or any other 
Eruptions: The dried Leaves may be given in 
Powder or a Tea made of the whole dried Plant, 
but nothing is fo well as the Infufion of it freth, 
thofe who have not feen it tried this Way do not 
arse how valuable a Medicine it is. | : 
___ There is another Kind of Pimpernel, perfectly 
like this, but that the Flowers cei! his is cal- 
= led the female, and the other the male Pimpernel, 
_ but the red flowered Kind, has moft Virtue. 
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