292 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
PoreeMGunt xa 
POLIUM MONTANUM. 
-fA Pretty Plant, Native of the warmer Parts of 
Europe, and kept in our Gardens. It is ten © 
Inches high. The Stalks aré fquare and whitifh: 
‘The Leaves are oblong and narrow, of a white 
Colour, and woolly Surface, they ftand two ata 
Joint, and they are indented at the Edges. The 
Flowers are fmall and white. They grow ina 
Kind of woolly Tufts at the Tops of the Branches. 
The whole Plant is ufed, it is beft dried; civen 
in Infufion, it promotes the Menfes,. and. removes 
Obitructions of the Liver, hence it is recom- 
mended greatly in the Jaundice. It operates by 
Candy POLEY MOUNTAIN, 
POLIUM CRETICUM. 
: A pide Plant.of a woolly Appearance, Native 
= the Grecian Iflands, and kept in fore Gar- 
_ dens. It grows but about fix Inches high, The 
Stalks are {quare, white, weak, and feldem up- 
right. The Leaves ftand two at each Joint: 
They are narrow, oblon » and not at all indented 
at the Edges. They are of a white woolly Af — 
Pett, and of a pleafant Smell. The Flowers are 
-- dmall and white, and they grow in Tufts at the 
_ Tops of the Stalks: Their Cups are very white. 
‘The whole se? is to. be ufed dried. It ope- 
‘ates very powerfully by Urine, and is good a- 
ainft all hyfteric Complaints, but it is ae to be 
pe to Women with Child, for it has fo much 
cacy in promoting the Menfes, that it ma 
occafion Abarton Se es es : ee 
Potypopy.. 
