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390 ©The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
white, the Seeds ftand two together in a globular: 
Form. The Roots are little and fibrous. ~ 
The frefh Herb is ufed, and is beft given in a 
firong Decoction; it opens Obftructions of the 
Liver and Spleen, and is a Cordial, and Stoma= 
chic. It is good in the Jaundice. 
The Wormsirp PLANT. : 
ABSYNTHIUM SANTONICUM. 
A Kind of Wormwood, Native of the Ea, and 
~ not known fo much as in our Gardens... The 
Plant is two Feet high. The Leaves are very 
finely divided, like thofe of the true Roman Worm- 
wood, and of a pale Green on the upper Side, and — 
a filvery White below. The Stalks are ftiff, firm, 
woody, and branched ; they are of a whitith Co- 
lour, and have a loofe downy Skin upon them: — 
The Flowers are fmall and brownith, they refem- 
ble thofe of Wormwood, and ftand in a Kind of 
loofe Spikes at the Tops of the Stalks. 
___ The Seeds are ufed: Our Druggifts keep them, 
and very often the unripe Buds of the Flowers in 
their Place, are mixed with them. They are good 
againit Worms in Children, the good Women 
give them mixed with Treacle; and few Medi- 
Cines for this Purpofe have better Effeét. For 
People of nicer Palates, they may be powdered, 
and made into Bolufes, 3 
- -'TREacite Wormseep. 
ees eae MELINA. oz 
TH TS is not the Plant which produces 
what the Druggifts fell under the Name 
of Wormfeed, that is the Produce of an E- 
Hptian Kind of Wormwood, juit defcrib- 
¢d. This is an Engiih Herb of the -podded 
Kind; 
