FAMILY HERBAL. 



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roundish, brown on the outside, and white within. 



and of sweet taste. 



The plant grows to a foot 



high ; the leaves arc divided into fine and numc- 

 Tous partitions; the stalk is firm, upright, round, 

 striated and green ; the flowers arc white and 

 little, but thej grow in great tufts on the tops of 

 the branches. * 



The root is the part used ; it h to be roasted la 

 the manner of a chcsaut and eaten. It is said ta 

 have great virtues as a provocative to venery, but 

 tjbis is not well confirraod. 



Chick -WE ED. Alsinc media 



THE commonest of all weeds, but not without 

 i<j virtue. The right sort to use in medicine ( for 

 there are several) is that which grows so common 

 in our garden-beds : it is low and branched. The 

 stalks are round, green, weak, and divided ; they 

 commonly lean on the ground. The leaves are 

 short and broad, of a pleasant green, not dented 

 at the edges, and pointed at the end : these grow 

 two at every joint. The flowers arc white nnd small. 



The whole plant, cut to pieces and boiled in 

 lard till it is crisp, converts the lard into a fine 



The juice taken inward- 



y, is good against the scurvy. 



reen cooling ointment. 



The Chijca-root Plant. Smilax cvjus radix 



China officiorutn. 



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A NAILING plant frequent in the East Indiei: 



It grow 



length, but 



stalks are weak and unable to stand 



they 



are ridged, of a brown colour, and set with hook 

 cd yellow prickles. The leaves are oblong and 

 broad, largest at the stalk, and blunt at the point?. 



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