FAMILY HERBAL. 9d 



is an approved remedy, and it is strange that it is 

 not more in use. 



Wart Cresses^ or Swine's Cresses, Coroncpus 



Tu^llii. 



A LITTLE wild plant verj common about our 

 fields and gardens. It spreads upon the ground* 

 The stalks are five or six inches long ; firm^ and 

 thickj but usually flat on the earth ; very much 



brand 



Th 



immediatelj from the root are long, and deeply 

 divided : and those on the stalks resemble them. 



only they are 



deep glossy 



green colour, and not at all hairy. The flowers 

 are small and white ; they stand at the tops of the 

 branches and among the leaves; the seed-vessels 

 *re small and rough. 



This is an excellent diuretic, safe, and yet very 

 powerful. It is an ingredient in Mrs. Stephens* 

 medicine : the juice may be taken ; and it is good 

 for the jaundice, and against all inward obstruc- 

 tions^ and against the scurvy; the leaves may 



isaladj or dried and given in de- 



coction. 



C»OBB-woRT. Cruciata. 



A VERY pretty wild plant, but cot very com- 

 mon : it grows a foot and a half high. The stalks 

 are square, hairy, weak, and of a pale green. The 

 fiaves are broad and short ; they stand four at 

 every joint, star-fashioned, upon the stalk. The 

 flowers are little and yellow ; they stand in clusters 

 round the stalk, at the joints, rising from the in^ 



lertion of the leaves. It is to be found in dr^ 

 places. 



