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FAMILY HERBAL. 



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Flower de Luce. Iris. 



A COMMON flower in our gardens 



Th 



e 



plant grows three foot high. The leaves are a 

 foot and a half long, narrow, flat^ and in all re- 

 spects like the leaves of flags, and of a bluish 



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green, 

 thick, 

 Thefl 



The stalks are round, or a little flatted 



ii 



are 



upright, and of a greener colour, 



rge, and of a deep blue. The 



3t spreads about the surface and is thick, and 

 a brownish colour, and marked with rings. 

 The juice of the fresh roots of this plant bruised 



; it will some- 

 times also vomit: but that is not hurtful ; it is a 



th white wine, is a strong purge 



dropsies. ■ Gordon, an old phjsic writer. 



this root 

 practice. 



drop 



fleet it. Ih 



by the hand of man 



found 



in 



Florentine Flower de Luce. Iris Flov€iiti?ia. 



A PL4NT kept also in our gardens, but not so 

 frequently as the former ; it scarce differs in any 

 thing from the common flower de luce^ except t^iat 

 the flowers are white. The root spreads in the 

 same manner, and the leaves are flaggy. The 

 stalk is two feet or more in height, and the flower 

 is as large as that of the blue kind, and perfectly 

 of the same form. , 



The root of this kind when dried, is fragrant. 

 The druggists keep it. It is good against dis- 

 orders of the lungs, coughs, hoarseness, and all 

 that train of ills ; and it promotes the menses* 



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Fluelun. Elatine. 



A LO^y plant frequent in corn-fields^ and 



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