Wiip, VALERIAN. 80% ; 
VALERIANA SYLVESTRIS. 
3 Tall and handfome Plant, frequent in out 
Woods, ahd upon Heaths, not unlike the 
_ Garden Valerian in its Form and Manner of 
Growth, and of greater Virtues. It is a Yard 
high. The Stalks are round, ftriated, upright, - 
hollow, and of a pale Green. The Leaves are 
large and beautiful, they are each compofed of 
feveral Pairs of fmaller, fet on a common Rib, 
and with an odd one at the End. Thefe are long, 
narrow, dentated at the Edges, of a faint green 
Colour and a little hairy. . The Flowers ftand in 
_ large Tufts, like Umbels, at the Fopsof the Stalks, 
and are {mall and white, with a Bluth of redifh. 
The Root is of a whitith Colour, and is compofed 
of a great many thick Fibres. It is of a very 
ftrong and difagreeable Smell. ie cogs ie 
~The Root is ufed ; it is beft dried and given in 
Powder, or in Infufion. It is an excellent Medi- 
cine in nervous Diforders. It is faid that it will 
cure the falling Sicknefs, but its cood Effects 
againft Head-achs, Low-fpiritednefs, and Trem- 
blings of the Limbs, are well known, “ 
‘The Vaninira PLANT, 
rt VANILLA.-. ox 
AA Climbing Plant, Native of America. It grows 
£% to thirty Feet or more in Length, but the 
Stalk is flender and weak, and climbs upon Trees 
to fupport it. It is round, ftriated, green, and 
tough. The Leaves are numerous and placed 
at irregularly ; they are a Foot long, confiderably 
broad, and like thofe of the common Plantain, 
ofa dufky Green, and have high Ribs. The 
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