94 FAMILY HERBAL. 



to us the TTiost common, and the most di*15cu!t to 

 be removed. Couch grass gro%vs two feet high, 

 and is a robust kind of grass : the stalk is round 

 and pointed ; the leaves are grassj., but broad, 

 and of a fresh green colour; the spike at the top 



ke an ear of wheat, only thin and flat. It 



consists of ien rows of grains. The root is 

 1^ lirtCj slender^ very long and jointed^ and it takei 

 fresh hold at every joint ; so that if but a p 



quickly 



pulling it up^ it grows and increases very 



The roots are used^ and they are to be fresh 

 taken up and boiled. The decoction is excellent 

 in the gravel and stone; it promotes urine strong- 

 ly, yet not forcibly or roughly. Taken for a 

 coutinuar.ee, the same decoction is good against 



dice 



of theliver^ and will cure the j 



Cowslip. Paralysis. 



A PRETTY wild plant in our meadows. The 

 leaves are broad, oblong, indented, rough, and 

 of a whitish greeu colour; the stalks are round, 

 upright, firm, thick, and downy ; they are six 

 or eight inches high, and are naked of leaves. 

 At the top of each stand a number of pretty yellow 

 flowers, each upon a separate foot-stalk, and in its 

 own separate cup. 



The flowers are the part used. They have been 

 celebrated very much against apoplexies, palsies, 

 and other terrible diseases, but at present in such 

 cases we do not trust such remedies. Thej have 

 a tendency to procure sleep, and may be givea in 



tea or preserved in form of a conserve. 



