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‘The Ufeful Family F 
MEADOW SAXIFR A G E. * eh 
SESEEPYPRATENSE, <)— 
A Wild Plant alfo, -but though known by the 
fame Engii/fo. Name with the other, very. dif- 
ferent in Form and Flower. It grows to more 
than two Feet in Height. . The Stalks are round, 
deeply ftriated, of a dark green Colour, and con- 
fiderably branched. The Leaves are large, but 
they are divided into: a Multitude of. fine narrow 
Segments. The Flowers ftand at the Tops of the 
Stalks in little Umbels or round Clufters, and 
they are fmall and yellow. .The Root is brown, 
long, and flender, and is of an aromatic and acrid 
Tafte. as pee 
* The Root is ufed: It is beft frefh taken up. 
Given in a ftrong Infufion, it: works powerfully 
by Urine, and brings away Gravel. It alfo eafes 
thofe Cholics, which are owing .to the fame 
- Caufe. 
SCABIOUS. y 
= SCABIOSA. a 
A Common wild. Plant in our Corn-fields, di- 
‘% ftinguithed by its tall round Stalks, and round 
blue Flowers. It grows to three Feet in Height: 
The Leaves rife principally from the Root, and 
they lie fpread upon the Ground. They are ob- 
long, and irregularly divided at the Edges ; they 
are of a pale Green, hairy, and rough to the Touch, 
The Stalks are round, upright, hairy, of the fame. 
pale green Colour, and they have a few Leaves 
on them, placed two at a Joint; thefe are more 
deeply divided, than thofe on the Ground. The 
Flowers ftand at the Tops of the Branches, they 
are of a deep blue Colour, and each is ponies 
of 
