56 FAMILY HERBAL. 



ihe stalk«t in a double series : they are not unlike 

 those of our grasses, chaffy and ornamented v;ith 

 a few filaments. 



It was at one time in great esteem as a medi- 

 cme ; they called it a cordial^ and a promoter of 

 the menseSj but it is now very little regarded. 



Chamomile, Chamocmclum. 



od by being 



A COMMON low wild plant of a beautiful 

 reen, a fragrant smell, and with flowers not un- 

 kc daisies. It is frequent on damp heaths/ andget« 



brought into gardens. It grows 

 ..*x^^, ^M.^M^y but has less efficacy. In its wild state 

 it spreads its branches upon the ground, taking root 

 at the joints. The stalks are round, green, and 

 thick ; the leaves are very finely divided, and of a 

 dark blackish green colour. The flowers grow 

 upon long foot-stalks^ and are white at the edge 

 and yellow in the middle : the flowers are most 

 used. Those which are raised for sale are double, 

 and they have very little virtue in comparison of 

 the single ones. They are to betaken in tea, which 

 is a pleasant bitter ; or in powder they are excellent 

 Ibr disorders of the stomach, and have someti.mes 

 cured as^ucs, as many other bitters will. The tea 



lIso good against the colic, and 



k 



The Campiiire-Tree. Arhor campJiorifcra. 



THIS is a kind of bav-tree of the E 



height 



The 



bark is brown and uneven on the trunks but it is 

 smooth and green on the young branches. Tl>e 

 leaves are like those of the comnion bay-tree, only 

 a little longer * and they are curled at the edges. 



