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FAMILY HERBAL. 



GitoMvfiL. Liihospermon, 

 A WILD plant of no great beauty, but dis 



d 



its 



d 



h 



are 



hard, glossyy 

 and resemble so many pearls, as thev stand in the 



stalk 



hcSk. The plant grow 



IS 



d 



k, fi 



he leaves are oblong, not very broad 



ranched, T 



ugb^ and hairy, of a deep blackish 



d placed ir 



yard high 

 very upright 



TI 



te 



d 



the fl 



d 



white 



en they are fallen off, the cups remain, 

 and contain these shining, and as it were stony seeds. 

 Tlie plant is frequent about hedge; 



The seeds are the only 



ed ; they work 



powerfully by urine, and are of g 

 the gravel and ill other obstructions ; they are best 

 given in powder, with a great deal of barley-v^ratcf 

 at the same time. 



Groi-^^d-Pine. CJiamapitf/s. 



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A VERY singular little wild plant, of 



PP 



and resinous smell : 



moss^ 

 grows fouf 



inches high ; the stalks are hairy, and seldom stand 

 upright; the leaves arc very close get, and the 

 young s!)oots which grow from their bosoms per- 

 fectly obscure the stalk : it seems a thick round 



tuft 



These leaves are short, narrow, and divided 



ry jomt of the 

 like the stalk. 



s 



ends, and thev stand 

 alk: 



Th 



flo 



thev are rough and 



and 



d they stand at th 



■4 



The whole plant 



fne ; 



be used drj 



and it has great vir- 

 powder or infusion. 



it works stroHj^Iy by urine, and promotes the menses 



^t opens also &U obstructions of the liver and 



