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The Ufeful Family 3 Fle a “375 
very large, but of a’ beautiful Yellow,» they: re- 
femble thfo of St. Fobn?s-wort, and are like them 
full of yellow Threads, which, when rubbed, ftain 
_ the Hands red. The Fruit is a Kind of Berry, 
_ black when ripe,-and containing a great Quan- 
tity of fmall Seeds. The whole Plant in Autumn, 
frequently appears of a Blood-red Colour, very 
fingular and beautiful. ‘The Root is fmall, redifh, 
and irregular, it creeps under the Surface. 
The Leaves are an’ excellent Curé for freth 
Wounds. Scarce any thing is equal 'to them.” The 
young and tender ones at the Fops of ‘the Branches 
are to be. chofen, they are to be bound upon 
the Wound, and they. ftop the Bleeding, and per- 
form a very fpeedy Cure. I have. had. very late 
and very fingular Inftances of the Effects of this 
Herb.. any of the common Plants are celebrated 
fas ti. vitae, ied she. Effect of abs, is 3 ful 
Por x. syn, Pe 
BIFOLIUM. . 
mt Very: fingular and pretty Plant, common 
** itt our Meadows, in the Beginning of Sum- 
_ met. Itis aFoot-high, the Stalk is round, green, 
_ tender, and a uote it has only two Leaves on it, 
and they om the Root, ‘They are very 
large, bead of an oval Figure, and‘ftand oppo- 
fite to one afodtier about the middle. of the Stalk, 
or fomewhat lower. The Flowers are {mall and 
, they are of an uncommon Figure, fome-. 
what like that of the Orchis’s, and they ftand in 
me ei e; the Seeds are very fmall, and the . 
Root all, flender, and white. 
a The freth gathered Plant is ufed, an Infufion 
of it made ftrong, is good againft the Bleeding of 
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