FAMILY HERBAL. 15 



kind, and its head^, which we see at table^ owes 

 much of its bigness and fleshiness to culture. The 

 leaves are large, and divided into many parts, and 

 often they are prickly. The stem is robust and 

 striated, and the head is formed of large scales ; the 

 flowers are of the thistle-kind^ and the seeds are, ai 

 in the thistles, winged with down. 



The root fresh gathered, sliced and boiled in wa- 

 ter, SIX ounces to a quart of the water, makes a de- 

 coction, which works by urine, and I ha^\c known it 

 alone cure a iaundice. 



AsARABAccA. Ascirum. 



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A VERY little and low plant found wild in manj 

 parts of Europe, and common in our gardens. 

 The roots creep about the surface of the 

 the leaves grow singly from them, and there is no 

 stem or stalk. Each leaf has its separate foot- 

 stalk three or four inches long, and the leaf itself 

 is roundish, of a dark green and fleshy ; the flowers 

 small and of a dusky colour, and they stand near the 



ound. 



The roots are the most valuable part; the 

 juice of them may be given in small doses, or 

 they may be dry and given in powder or Infusion. 



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obstructions of the menses, and in jaundices an4 



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The Ash. FraKinus. 



A COMMON tree in our hedges and woods. 

 The bark of the branches is grey, and the 

 kavcs are winded ; the small ones of which they 

 are composed are oblong and dented. The flowers 

 are of a whitish green^ and come before the leaves > 



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