FAMILY HERBAL. 



Si 



sometimes the^d 



are fewer. The flowers 



are 



d 



(bey 



are as 



a common single rose, or nearly so 



dd 



of their having* b 



or greenishj 



fa 



glc stalk 



hich 



pen 



and 



d\ug 



they 



big as 



are 



from the 



each 

 and 



It flowers in January 



The root is an excellent purge 



but 



ropsies^ jaund 



My 



ks brisklf 



it desfrojs worms, and is good in 



other diseases. 



nd 



even in madness. But it is verj necessary to keep 



s 



rden, 



they coramonly sell l 



wild or bastard helleb 

 rough medicine. 



if the 



b 



of the green flowered 



in its place, which is a 



Ladies* Bedstraw. Gallium Ititeum* 



A PRETTY wild plant, frequent about hedge 



J 



and the sui 

 and two feet 



ceeding 



gh 



mo 



The stalk 



the leaves are of 



blackish green, and small ; and the flow 



yello 



Th 



talk 



g 



d whitish, very 



br Ittle, and seldom straight ; th 



m.any 



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aiid are small, narrow, and 



disposed about th 

 spur ; the fl 



stalk 



ke the rowels of a 



tup 



grow in great tufts on the ■ 

 f the stalks, so that they make a very 



P 



ppearance, though singly they 



very small. 



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This herb is little regarded, but it has 



very 



great virtue ; it should be gathered., when the 

 flowers are not quite blown, and dried in the 

 shade. 



J. An infusion of it ^ 

 bleedings at the nose, and 

 tions of blood. 



cure the rhost violent 



