The Ufeful Family Herta), | 291 
Coction of it in Water is excellent againft Oyer- 
_ flowings of the Menfes, violent Purgings with 
bloody Stools and Vomiting of Blood, the bleeding 
of the Piles and all other fuch Diforders. The 
Seeds beaten to a Powder, are good againft the 
Whites. ; | : 
There is a broad leaved Plantain with fhort 
flowery Spikes, and hairy Leaves, this has full 
as much Virtue as the Kind already defcribed : 
The narrow leaved Plantain has lefs, but of the 
fame Kind. 
PLOW MAN’s SPIKENARD. 
BACCHARIS MONSPELIENSIUM. 
A Tall robuft wild Plant with broad rough 
Leaves, and numerous fmall yellowifh Flow- 
ers, frequent by Road-fides, and in dry Paftures. 
_ The Plant grows three Feet high. The Stalks 
are round, thick, upright, and a little hairy. The 
Leaves are large, broad from the Root, and nar- 
rower on the Stalk, they are blunt at the Points, 
and a little indented at the Edges: The Flowers — 
Brow on the Tops of the Branches, fpreading out ~ 
into a large Head from a fingle Stem, they are 
little and yellow: The Seeds have Down fixed to 
them. The Root is brown and woody, the whole 
Plant has a fragrant and aromatic Smell. 
The Leaves and Tops given in Decottion, are 
good againft inward Bleedings. The Root dried, 
_ and powdered, is a Remedy for Purgings, and is — 
_ good againft the Whites. ae 
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