102 FAMILY HERBAL, 



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hairy, angulated, and of a pale green and tough. 



The leaves are broad at the base^ and narrow at the 

 point, serrated round the edges, and of a pale green 

 above, and whi(ish below. The flowers are yellow, 

 and moderately large ; the fruit is of an, oval 

 figure, hairj, and full of juiGc. Care must be taken 

 in tcuchiog it when ripe, for the sharp juice fliet 

 out with Tiolencc. 



The juice of the fruit is pressed out, and a thick 

 matter that subsides from it is separated anddrierf; 

 the druggists keep this and call it elatheriunij it is 

 a violent purgative, but little used. 



Cu€K.ovv Flower, or Lady's smock, Carda-' 



mine. 



A VERY beautiful wild plants frequent in our 



meadows in spring, and a great ornament to them. 

 It grows a foot high. The leaves which rise from 

 the. root, are winged very regularly and beautifully, 

 and are spread in a circular manner, the stalk is 

 round, thick, firm, and upright. The leaves that 

 grow on it are smaller, finely divided, and stand 

 singly. The (lowers grow in a little cluster, on 

 that spike on the top, and from the bottom of the 

 leaves. Thev arc iarc:e, of a fine white, often 

 tinged with a blush of red. 



The juice of the fresh Icayes is to he used ; 

 it is an excellent diuretic, and is good in the 

 gravel and all suppressions of urine. It also open* 

 obstructions, and is good in the jaundice and 

 green sickness; and a course of it against the 



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Cudweed. G?2aphaliiim, 



A COMMON wild plants but singular In i'.s 



