‘The Ufeful Family Herbal. 30% 
with it fome of the Plant, for the Infpe@ion of — 
_ the Curious. The Roots of the Englifh Polygala 
were tried; thofe of the common blue or white: 
flowered Milkwort, for that Variety is purely ac-— 
cidental, and they were found to have the fame 
Effects: They were given by fome in Pleurifies, 
with great Succefs. It was faid at that Time, 
they had lefs Virtues than the Sennekka Root, * 
though of the fame Kind; but it muft be remem- 
bered, the Virtues of the Sennekka Root were 
then fuppofed to be much greater than they really” 
were.. The Novelty adding to the Praife. © 
The CoMMON REED. 
ARUNDO. 
A Tall Water Plant fufficiently known. The 
Stalks are round, hard, jointed, and fix or 
eight Feet high. The Leaves are long and broad, 
_ but otherwife like thofe of Grafs, of a pale green 
Colour, and highly ribbed. The Flowers are 
brown and chaffy, and ftand in prodigious Num- 
bers at the Tops of the Stalks, in a Kind of 
Panicle: . The Roots are knotty and jointed, and © 
_ fpread vaftly. ee 
The Juice of the frefh Roots of Reeds pro-  - 
- motes the Menfes powerfully, but not violently. 
—Ttis an excellent Medicine: It works by Urine 
—alfo; and is good againft Stranguries and the — 
_ Gravel. : 
Prickry REsTHARROW.- 
ANONIS SPINOSA. 
A Little, tough, and almoft fhrubby Plant, com-" 
“4% mon in: our dry Fields, and by Road Sides. 
—ItisaFoot high. The Stalks are round, redifh,~ 
tough, and almoft woody. The Leaves are nu~ 
Prpreic x 7 merous ; 
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