228 The Ujoful Family Herbal. 
ofed the Woods of two different Trees. They 
tv the ‘fame Smell and Tafte, only that the | 
yellow has them both in greateft Perfection: And 
in the fame Manner, their Virtues are the fame, 
but the yellow is fo much fuperior, that the white 
deferves no Notice. 
. The yellow Saunders is beft taken in the Man- 
ner of Tea, it is this Way not unpleafant, and is 
cordial, good againft Diforders of the Nerves, 
and hyfteric Complaints, and opens Obftructions, 
it alfo gently promotes Perfpiration, and works 
WuHITe SAXIFRAGE. 
SAXIFRAGA ALBA. 3 
ry pretty Plant in our Meadows, diftin- 
‘guithed by the regular Shape of its Leavés, 
‘and its white fnowy Flowers. It grows ten Inches 
high, the Stalk is round, thick, firm, upright, 
* and a little hairy. The Leaves are of a pale 
green Colour, and flefhy Subftance: They are of 
_ a roundifh Figure, and indented about the Edgeéss 
__ and they ftand upon long Foot-Stalks. ‘The 
Flowers are large and white; they grow in confi- 
derable Numbers onthe Tops of the Stalks. The 
Root is compofed of a Parcel of {mall white or 
redifh Granules. Ls aM as 
The Root is ufed, and thefe {mall Parts of 
which it confifts have been ufed to be called: by 
_ ignorant Apothecaries Saxifrage Seed. It is diu-— 
_ retic, and good againft the Gravel. The Roots — 
are beft frefh, and the beft Way of giving them = 
is in Decoétion. 
- Meapow 
