93 FAMILY HERBAL: 



mnd sharp. Cresses eaten in quantity are very gooi 

 against, the scurvy. The seeds open obstructions. 



Water- Cress. J^Tisiuriium aquaiicum. 



A WILD plant common with us in ditches^ and 

 sliallovT rivers. It is a foot liighj the st^ilks are 

 rounds tbick^ but not very upright^ of a pale green^ 

 and much branched ; the leaves are of a fresh and 

 bright green^ divided in a winged manner and ob- 

 tuse ; the flowers are small and whiter and there is 

 generally seen a kind of spike of the flowers and 

 feeds at the top of the stalks. 



The leaves are used ; they may he eaten in the 

 manner of garden cress^ and are full as pleasant, 

 and they are excellent against the scurvy. The 

 Juice expressed from them has the same virtue, and 

 works also powerfully by urine, and openg ob-; 

 •tructions. 



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Sciatica Cress. Iheris. 



A PRETTY wild plant, but not frequent in all 

 parts of the kingdom. It is a foot high. The 

 stalk is rounds firm, and upright ; of a pale green 

 colour. The leaves are small^ longish, and of a 

 pale green also ; and the flowers stand at the tops 

 of the branchesj into which the stalk divides in its 

 upper part ; they are white and little. The leaves 

 that grow immediately from the root, are four 

 inches long ; narrow and serrated about the edges, 

 and of a deep green. 



The leaves are used ; they are recoraraende(f 

 greatly in the sciatica or hip-gout; they are to he 

 applied externally, and repeated as they grow dry. 

 The best way is to beat them with a little lard. It 



