‘The Ufeful Family Herbal, 38% 
The Root is the Part ufed, and it is bef fret 
taken up. It is given in Infufion, and it is cor- 
dial, and operates by Sweat ; it is good in Fevers, 
but little ufed. te 
Vipers BuGtoss. 
ons ECHIUM. 
Common wild Plant, about our Path-ways, 
and on Ditch-Banks, known by its fpotted 
Staiks, and fine blue Flowers. It is a Foot and 
_ half high, the Stalk is round, thick, firm, hairy, 
and upright; it is of a whitifh Colour, ftained 
with Spots and Lines of Blue, Red, and Purple. 
The Leaves are longifh and narrow; they are 
rough, and of a deep dufky Green, broad and 
blunt at the Point, and have no Foot-Stalks. 
The Flowers are large, and of a beautiful Blue, 
with red Stamina in the Middle. 
_. The Leaves are ufed; thofe growing from the 
Root, are beft; an Infufion of them is cordial, 
and operates by Sweat; it is good in Fevers, 
and againft Head-achs, and all nervous Com- 
plaints. 
The VirGin1tan $ NAKEROOT. 
2 PLANT | 
SERPENTARIA VIRGINIANA.. 
 @ Little Plant, of the Birthwort Kind, but dif- 
+* ferent from the feveral Sorts of that Plant | 
defcribed already.in their Places,.in its Roots, 
and in its Manner of growing. It is two Feet 
high, when it grows in a favourable Soil, and has 
Buthes or any thing elfe to fupport it. The Stalks 
are weak and-green, the Leaves ftand irregularly 
on them, and they are oblong, narrow, and auri- 
. gulated at the Bottom. The Flowers are fmall, 
| hollow, 
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