138 FAMILY HERBAL, 



nioderatelj, and gives no offence io the stomach. 

 The dried root is cordial and sudorific, it warms 

 the stomach, and is good against indigestions and 

 fevers. 



Common Acorus, or Yellow Flags. Acorus 



adulterinus. 



A COMMON plant in our ditches, and bj ri- 

 ver sides, distinguished hy its blue-green flag like 

 leaves, and its large yellow flowers, which in shape 

 resemble those of the iris, or flower de luce. It 

 grows four feet high : the stalk is roundish, but 

 a little flatted, of a pale green, very erect, firm, and 

 potbranched. It only sends out two or three shooti 

 upwards from the bosom of the leaves. The leaver 



edges; the flowers stand at 



nd sharp 



stalks, and 



and aie contained in larg 



The seed 



sels. The root creep 



The root of this is the only part used ; some have 

 coofoundcd them with tlie true acorus root, but 

 tliey are called, hy way of distinction, false or 

 bastard acorus ; they are not at all like them in 

 shape, colour, or qualities ; they are of a reddish 

 brown, have no smell, and are of an austere taste ; 

 i\iey are an excellent astringent. They should be 

 taken up in spring and dried, and afterwards given 

 IF) powder. They stoplfluxes and overflowings of 

 the menses. 



FxAX. Linum. 



A VERY pretty as well as a very useful plants, 

 cultivated for the sake of its seeds, as well as its 

 stalks. It is three feet hip-h, the stalk is round. 



