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48 FAMILY HERBAL, 



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from the root ; and in the heads like other plan- 

 tains, although so very unlike them in its leaves^. 

 The root is long and slender : the leaves which 

 lie thus flat upon the ground, are narrow and 



long, very beautifully notched, and divided so as 

 to resemble a buck's horn, whence the name, and 

 of a pale whitish green, and a little hairy. The 

 stalks are slender, six inches long, but seldom 

 quite erect : they are round, hairy, and whitish, 

 «nd have at the top a spike of flowers of an inch 

 or two in length, altogether like that of the other 

 plantains^ only more slender. 



This plant has obtained the name of star of 

 the ear(h, frbm the way of the leaves spreading 

 themselves. These leaves bruised, and applied 

 to a fresh wound, stop the bleeding and effect 

 m cure* It is said also to be a remedy against 

 the bite of a mad dog, but this is idle and ground- 



less. 



Bugle. Bugula. 



A COMMON wild plant and a very pretty 

 one, with glossy leaves, creeping stalks, and blue 

 flowers ; it is frequent in damp woods. The 

 stalks^ wl'^en they rise up to bear the flowers^ are 

 eight or ten inches high, square, of a pale green 

 colour, often a little purplish ; and h^ve two leaves 

 at ey^ry joint, the joints being somewhat distant. 

 These leaves are of the sauie form with those 

 which rise immediately from the root ; oblong, 

 broad, blunt at the point, and of a deep green 

 colour, sometimes also a little purplish, and are 

 slightly indented round the edges. The flowers 

 «re .s„>all and of a beautiful blue, in shape like 

 those i\i betony ; they grow in a sort of circles 

 ronod \ke uj^per part of the stalks, forming a ki*J 



