314 The Useful Family Herbal. 
_ It grows to three Feet in Height. The Stalk 
is round, thick, ftriated, and of a greenifhColour, 
frequently ftained with Purple. The Leaves are 
very large, and of a Figure approaching to tri- 
angular; they are broad at the Bafe, {mall at the 
Point, and waved all along the Edges. Thefe 
ftand on thick hollowed Foot-Stalks, which are 
frequently alfo redifh. The Flowers are whitifh, 
{mall, and inconfiderable, they ftand at the Tops 
of the Stalks in the Manner of Dock-Flowers, and 
make little more Figure, the Seed is triangulated. 
The Root is thick, long, and often divided to- 
ward the Bottom, of a yellow Colour veined with 
Purple: But the Purple appears much more 
plainly in the dry, than in the frefh Root, 
The Root is-ufed: Its Virtues are fufficiently 
known, it is a gentle Purge, and has an after 
“Aftringency. It is excellent to ftrengthen the 
Stomach and Bowels, to prevent Vomitings ; and 
carry off the Caufe of Cholics, in the Jaundice 
alfo it is extremely ufeful. Rhubarb and Nutmeg — 
_ toafted together before the Fire, make an excel- 
lent Remedy againft Purgings. There is fcarce 
any chronic Difeafe in which Rhubarb is not 
ferviceable. fie 
“The Rhapontic Monks Rhubarb and falfe 
Monks Rhubarb all approach to the Nature of 
the true Rhubarb, they have been defcribed al- 
yeady in their feveral Places, 
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A Pretty little Shrub frequent in. our Gardens. | 
“It grows three or four Feet high. The, Stem 
is firm, upright, and woody ; very tough, 
_ covered with a whitifh Bark. The Branches are 
_ Sumerous, and the young Shoots are round, green, 
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